Catholicism after COVID: What will the post-pandemic Church look like?

Vol. 6, No. 8

April 23, 2021

There seems to finally be some light at the end of the dark tunnel that is the COVID-19 pandemic. But even when the coronavirus becomes a thing of the past, our world will never be the same for it — and neither will the Catholic Church. Starting on Page 10, veteran Church reporter John Allen takes a look at five trends COVID will change forever. Also, on Pages 13 and 14, reflections from two popes and the Vatican’s man in Washington, D.C., on what the virus might be trying to tell us.