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Saints Next Door

On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis prayed for the dead as well as for the priests, doctors and nurses who he said represented the "saints next door" during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next months, National Catholic Reporter and Global Sisters Report will be bringing the stories of Catholics in this crisis: those who have died, but also those whose service brings hope. To submit names of people for consideration for this series, please send a note to saintsnextdoor@ncronline.org.

'God has given me a set of skills' to help others, says doctor, mentor, volunteer

by Kate Oatis

Oct 16, 2020

Dr. Richard Paat is accustomed to serving marginalized communities in his community and to traveling overseas on medical missions he organizes from his home in Toledo, Ohio.

Pastor, patient, chaplain: Mexican padre sees pandemic from all sides

by David Agren

Oct 8, 2020

Fr. Humberto Zúñiga Rodríguez brings a special insight to his work on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis in Mexico: He contracted COVID-19 in June and recovered after spending 38 days in isolation.

COVID-19 robbed refugees 'of the little that they had,' says Salesian

by Tonny Onyulo, Catholic News Service

Sep 23, 2020

1.4 million refugees in Uganda are facing hunger because of aid disruption, loss of income and rising food prices linked to the COVID-19 crisis. The U.N. Refugee Agency warns that unless urgent action is taken to address the situation, levels of acute malnutrition, stunting and anemia are expected to rise, especially among children.

New Orleans health director works to prevent second wave of pandemic

by Jason Berry

Sep 14, 2020

In the position of steering the city's health policy for less than two years, Dr. Jennifer Avegno became the face, with Mayor LaToya Cantrell, of the coronavirus response in New Orleans.

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Saints Next Door

'God has given me a set of skills' to help others, says doctor, mentor, volunteer

Pastor, patient, chaplain: Mexican padre sees pandemic from all sides

COVID-19 robbed refugees 'of the little that they had,' says Salesian

New Orleans health director works to prevent second wave of pandemic

Former head of Philippine bishops dies of COVID-19 complications

Mexican parishes refocus aid responses as pandemic drags on

North Carolina manufacturers offer opportunity to buy ethically made masks

Catholic relief agencies in Africa step in as pandemic impacts mental health

While political leaders squabble, Catholic Charities pushes to meet greater pandemic demands

Iowa Catholics pray at meat-packing plant for workers who died of COVID-19

Bolivian bishop, promoter of missions, dies of COVID-19

Archbishop Moses Costa of Bangladesh dies after COVID-19 battle

Catholic Charities preps as hurricane season meets pandemic

Skid Row anointing in the City of Angels

Catholic Workers confront the pandemic, see a 'respite for Mother Earth'

As poverty rises, Mexican parishes encourage neighbors to help neighbors

Making his kitchen his pulpit, Indian priest highlights the pandemic's hungry

The 'happiest place on Earth' shut down, hunger didn't

A socially distanced funeral with a Catholic spirit

Young priest loses mentor, then his father — both to virus

Spiritual insights shared after recovery from the 'coronavirus demons'

2 Hispanic churches and too many tears: 100 COVID-19 deaths

In midst of pandemic, chaplain lends listening ear to the caregivers

Clida Ellison, Detroit lector, cook and mother of independent-minded sons

Catholic ministries step in as food insecurity skyrockets across US

'God makes a way': African American parishes respond to COVID-19 disparity

In Bridgeport, a microcosm of COVID-19's impact on America's poorest

Near the rumble of the 7 train, Queens parish and pastor endure the pandemic

World loses New Orleans musical patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. to coronavirus