A Sydney school has closed just one day after it opened due to a positive case of coronavirus. Waverley College has asked parents to collect their children after learning a student had contracted the disease. A spokeswoman for the Catholic boys school told The Sydney Morning Herald a year seven boy has tested positive for Read more
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Sydney school evacuated on second day back due to positive coronavirus case
Thursday, May 28th, 2020Coronavirus: second-hand car sales rebound
Thursday, May 28th, 2020Commuters are shunning public transport due to COVID restrictions and powering demand for used cars, say second-hand car sales dealers who are becoming cautiously optimistic as buyers return to showrooms. Used car sales are outstripping demand for new vehicles and dealers remain concerned that the rebound is a “bubble” caused by short-term stimulus measures. Anthony Read more
Over 100 people contract COVID-19 at Church
Monday, May 25th, 2020
Dozens of people who attended at a Baptist church service in Frankfurt on 10 May are being sought by German authorities as they may have been exposed to the coronavirus (COVID-19). So far more than 107 people tested positive for the virus, six of whom have been taken to hospital. Those at the service followed Read more
Priests in Ireland preparing post-lockdown plans
Monday, May 25th, 2020
Priests in Ireland are preparing post-lockdown plans for their parishes so they will be ready when coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on public worship begin to ease. The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, says reopening churches for worship “has serious public health concerns and we have to make sure that we are ready for them.” One of Read more
Pandemic shows immigrants are essential
Monday, May 25th, 2020
The pandemic has highlighted that immigrants are essential to the fabric of our society, Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ says. Czerny, who has been the under-secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development’s Migrants and Refugees Section since 2017, is urging people to develop local solutions to address the needs of immigrant and refugee Read more
Priest tells Trump churches aren’t necessary to practice our faith
Monday, May 25th, 2020
Churches aren’t necessary to practice our faith, a Catholic priest has told US president Donald Trump. Trump takes the opposite view to Fr Edward Beck, and says he considers houses of worship and their religious services essential. “The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to Read more
Public returns to St. Peter’s Square; pope calls for defence of environment
Monday, May 25th, 2020The public returned to St Peter’s Square on Sunday to receive Pope Francis’s blessing from his window for the first time in nearly three months as he convoked a year of reflection on the environment. Only a few dozen people went to the square, which was reopened on Monday along with St Peter’s Basilica following Read more
Houston parish closes again after priests test positive for coronavirus
Monday, May 25th, 2020Priests and brothers of the Redemptorist community who live and work at a Houston parish have tested positive for coronavirus, leading the parish to close after having reopened earlier this month. Five out of seven members of the Redemptorist community at Holy Ghost parish tested positive for COVID-19 this weekend, according to a statement from Read more
Vatican cautions Israel over West Bank annexation plan
Monday, May 25th, 2020The Holy See is concerned about an Israeli plan to unilaterally annex a large portion of land in the West Bank, said a Vatican statement. “The Holy See is following the situation closely and expresses concern about any future actions that could further compromise dialogue,” said the statement released May 20. The Vatican press office Read more
Mississippi church that refused to obey lockdown orders burned down
Monday, May 25th, 2020For some time, a Mississippi church has been defying government orders to keep lockdown rules in place in order to hold services as is its constitutional right to do so. However, one arsonist took it into his own hands to make churchgoers suffer for practicing said rights. According to Fox News, the Holly Springs church Read more