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Things to Know: Catholic Church got $1.5B in US virus relief
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 2:28 pm EDT
Here’s what’s happening Thursday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY: An Associated Press investigation has found that scores of Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. had more than $10 billion in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $1.5 billion from the federal government’s small business emergency relief program. The Paycheck Protection Program was intended for employers who were badly battered by coronavirus lockdowns. Instead of suffering financially, however, many dioceses are reporting in audited financial statements that these assets ended up growing during the economic downturn. Overall, Catholic Church recipients were perhaps the paycheque program’s biggest beneficiaries. Church officials say they needed government relief to pay staff because donations from the faithful slowed
Associated Press
Nearly three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old Wisconsin woman was finally face to face with her.
Lucy, now bright-eyed and alert, flashed her a smile.
“Hi. I love you. I love you so much. Yeah, I’ve missed you,” Kelsey Townsend told her.
Townsend was in a medically-induced coma with COVID-19 when she gave birth to Lucy via cesarean section on Nov. 4, not long after getting to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. She ended up spending 75 days on life and lung support. She finally met Lucy on Jan. 27 the day Kelsey was discharged from University Hospital in Madison.
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