The Corner
Twenty Things that Caught My Eye Today: Daniel Pearl Injustice, Coronavirus Holy Week Prayers from the Vatican, Dolly Parton & More (April 2, 2020)
1. Pakistani Court Overturns Murder Conviction in Killing of Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl
2. Jihadists fly their flag in Mozambique—a ‘disgrace,’ bishop says
3. Did China Use Slave Labor to Keep Factories Open During Coronavirus?
4. Boston hospitals getting ‘game-changer’ machine that sterilized 8000 protective masks a day
5. Dr. Aaron Keriaty Reflects on the COVID Crisis (He’s on the COVID team at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange County, also author of a book on depression)
(about the depression book, see here and here)
6. Hans Boersma: Meditating on COVID-19
7. States Consider Whether Religious Services Qualify As ‘Essential’
8. Texas Governor Deems Religious Services Essential
9. NYC hospital chaplains detail emotional toll of new coronavirus reality
10. Flattening the Curve of the COVID-19 Mental-Health Epidemic to Come
11. The Little Sisters of the Poor are grateful for the Knights of Columbus
12. From the Vatican: A votive Mass “in time of pandemic” and a new prayer for Good Friday
13. Sacraments’ Validity Amid Coronavirus
14. A plea to Catholic bishops for more access to sacraments
15.
St Edith Stein:
"We are very calm and cheerful. Of course, so far there has been no Mass and Communion; maybe that will come later. Now we have a chance to experience a little how to live purely from within."
(Written from Westerbork transit camp, August 1942) pic.twitter.com/3VuktPVxLd
— Carmelite Nuns GB (@carmelnunsgb) April 2, 2020
16. A Future of Work that Complements Family Life
17. Tips from someone with 50 years of social distancing experience
18. Australia’s Highest Court to Rule on Pell’s Appeal Next Week
19.
Our national treasure https://t.co/FCRNYthDV7
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) April 2, 2020
She’s also doing this:
I am so excited for the start of "Goodnight with Dolly" tonight! Check it out on @dollyslibrary at 7PM ET ❤️ https://t.co/DiArASj5iB pic.twitter.com/Ic25ckuRij
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) April 2, 2020