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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 [...]

Pope prays that world may overcome fear

Pope prays that world may overcome fear

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis offered his early morning Mass for vulnerable people and [...]

What is a plenary indulgence?

What is a plenary indulgence?

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the [...]

Reports: Official living in same residence as pope is positive for COVID-19

Reports: Official living in same residence as pope is positive for COVID-19

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A 58-year-old Italian monsignor, who works in the Vatican Secretariat of [...]

Take The Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour

Take The Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour

After a few weeks of social distancing, even — we hate to say it —Netflix [...]

Vatican Newspaper Suspended Due To Covid 19

Vatican Newspaper Suspended Due To Covid 19

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called [...]

Catholic universities, and a high school, donate medical supplies to hospitals

Catholic universities, and a high school, donate medical supplies to hospitals

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) -- It was a scene of hope and humanity as boxes and [...]

Update: Latin American governments weigh pandemic shutdown vs. economic hardship

Update: Latin American governments weigh pandemic shutdown vs. economic hardship

LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- On day nine of the state of emergency that Peru imposed [...]

Relevant Radio is broadcasting litany of coronavirus prayers daily

MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) -- JunFen Freihammer, a senior at DeLaSalle Catholic High School in Minneapolis, seems [...]

Haitis informal economy complicates efforts to fight pandemic

Haitis informal economy complicates efforts to fight pandemic

GROS MORNE, Haiti (CNS) -- In mid-March, Haiti reported its first five official cases of [...]

Ethicists, lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources

Ethicists, lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Catholic ethicists and legal experts are sounding the alarm that the scarcity [...]