Fr. Joseph Dutan estimated that dozens of St. Brigid's parishioners have been infected and said that at least three have died from COVID-19 complications since the death of Fr. Jorge Ortiz, his mentor and the first Catholic priest in the United States to die from the novel coronavirus.

If you ask parishioners of Holy Communion Church, "they will say they are Roman Catholic," says their pastor, James Radloff, whose 2014 suspension from priestly ministry sparked the split from the local Catholic parish.

The earthquake that struck Puerto Rico Jan. 7 damaged over 8,000 houses, leaving 2,500 uninhabitable. Thousands of people now live in tents, awaiting home repairs or afraid that their houses may cave in.

Film review: I've been asked a number of times about my recommendation for "quarantine viewing" in the eye a worldwide pandemic. "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" meets all my relevant criteria, including celebrating the resilience and ingenuity of vulnerable people in a cultural context other than our own.

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