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Masses, Stations of the Cross, meditations in livestreams, on YouTubeWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Here is a sampling of Masses, Stations of the Cross, meditations and other devotions being livestreamed by dioceses and other groups around country: Eastern Time Zone Diocese of Portland, [...]
Pope Francis Blessinghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJqBDPPMj3I [...]
Vatican releases popes pandemic-influenced plan for Holy Week, EasterVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With public gatherings, including Masses, banned in Italy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Vatican published an updated version of Pope Francis' schedule for [...]
Take The Sistine Chapel Virtual TourAfter a few weeks of social distancing, even — we hate to say it —Netflix is starting to get old. Same goes for all of the audiobooks and podcasts you've [...]
Vatican Newspaper Suspended Due To Covid 19VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called "the party newspaper", suspended printing for only the third time in nearly 160 years on [...]
Relevant Radio is broadcasting litany of coronavirus prayers dailyMINNEAPOLIS (CNS) -- JunFen Freihammer, a senior at DeLaSalle Catholic High School in Minneapolis, seems a perfect fit to record a prayer to lift hardships caused by the coronavirus. Freihammer, 18, [...]
Vatican asks bishops to help faithful celebrate Holy Week, Easter at homeVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has asked Catholic bishops around the world, both in the Latin rite and the Eastern Catholic Churches, to provide their faithful with resources to [...]
Chicago Church Bells Will Ring As A Call To Pray For The SickCHICAGO (CBS) — Catholic church bells will be ringing throughout Chicago every three hours as a call for all to unite in prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop [...]
Pope Offers Spiritual Communion PrayerAs more Catholics around the world find themselves unable to receive the Eucharist due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis provided an example of a spiritual communion prayer that can [...]
Holy Father Holy Mass Livehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHfAgejMzY [...]
Vatican issues decree for Holy Week liturgies with pandemic restrictionsVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While conferences and meetings can be postponed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter cannot, with the exception of [...]
If you cant go to confession, take your sorrow directly to God, pope saysVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People who cannot get to confession because of the coronavirus lockdown or another serious reason can go to God directly, be specific about their sins, request [...]
Here are the Luminous Mysteries of the rosaryWASHINGTON (CNS) -- St. John Paul II instituted the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary, or the "Mysteries of Light," in his October 2002 letter on the rosary. In his document, [...]
Some tout DACA recipients as key in COVID-19 fightWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The video begins with a nurse named Sol, a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, who was brought to the United States [...]
Knights of Columbus offers short-term loans to help dioceses meet needsNEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) -- The Knights of Columbus announced a new program March 27 to assist U.S. dioceses with short-term financing to help them and their parishes "weather the [...]

Coronavirus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries

Coronavirus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Lack of jobs and economic disparity in Central America were already driving [...]

Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill

Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill

CLEVELAND (CNS) -- Catholic hospitals, parish schools and charitable agencies are among the entities hoping [...]

Zubik: Take all precautions amid virus but also seek Marys intercession

Zubik: Take all precautions amid virus but also seek Marys intercession

PITTSBURGH (CNS) -- As the coronavirus touches everyone's life "with uncertainty, confusion, fear and suffering," [...]

USCCB website now offering resources for Catholics amid COVID-19 pandemic

USCCB website now offering resources for Catholics amid COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has created a [...]

Texas Catholic familys quarantine dancing video goes viral

Texas Catholic familys quarantine dancing video goes viral

HOUSTON (CNS) -- When health officials recommended self-isolation to slow the spread of the coronavirus, [...]

Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., reports a parishioner has died of COVID-19

Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., reports a parishioner has died of COVID-19

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) -- The Diocese of Brooklyn announced March 25 that an elderly parishioner [...]

On Annunciation, dozens of bishops dedicate their nations to Mary

On Annunciation, dozens of bishops dedicate their nations to Mary

Church leaders around the world used the feast of the Annunciation March 25 to entrust [...]

Guam archbishop urges perseverance amid pandemic

Guam archbishop urges perseverance amid pandemic

HAGATNA, Guam (CNS) -- Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes of Agana urged people in the midst [...]

Thousands watch, but only dozens attend episcopal ordinations in England

Thousands watch, but only dozens attend episcopal ordinations in England

MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- An English cardinal said he has thanked God for "the wonders [...]

Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona

Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona

BONN, Germany (CNS) -- She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young [...]