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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 [...]

Update: Reaching out, learning names, holding tight in Romes lockdown

Update: Reaching out, learning names, holding tight in Romes lockdown

ROME (CNS) -- "School was just canceled," I said to my kids March 4. Dario, 16, [...]

Reaching out, learning names, holding tight in Romes lockdown

Reaching out, learning names, holding tight in Romes lockdown

ROME (CNS) -- "School was just canceled," I said to my kids March 4.Dario, 15, [...]

Quebec dioceses start layoffs as anti-COVID-19 measures get stricter

Quebec dioceses start layoffs as anti-COVID-19 measures get stricter

QUEBEC CITY (CNS) -- As the Quebec government tightens measures to prevent the spread of [...]

Chicago Archdiocese has new site for parish donations, emergency fund

Chicago Archdiocese has new site for parish donations, emergency fund

CHICAGO (CNS) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has caused financial disruptions not only to households and [...]

Vatican asks bishops to help faithful celebrate Holy Week, Easter at home

Vatican asks bishops to help faithful celebrate Holy Week, Easter at home

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has asked Catholic bishops around the world, both in [...]

Catholic agencies: Move refugees from Greece to avoid pandemic disaster

Catholic agencies: Move refugees from Greece to avoid pandemic disaster

OXFORD, England (CNS) -- Catholic aid agencies have urged the evacuation of Syrian war refugees [...]

Italian doctors: Staff overwhelmed during pandemic; model must change

Italian doctors: Staff overwhelmed during pandemic; model must change

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Doctors working in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy [...]

Indulgence lets Oregon priest offer patient forgiveness of sins by phone

Indulgence lets Oregon priest offer patient forgiveness of sins by phone

PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) -- Because of hospital coronavirus restrictions, a suburban Portland priest March 22 [...]

Update: Retired Cincinnati archbishop, former USCCB president, dies at 85

Update: Retired Cincinnati archbishop, former USCCB president, dies at 85

CLEVELAND (CNS) -- Retired Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, an educator and author whose [...]

Gospel of life needed now more than ever, pope says

Gospel of life needed now more than ever, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Defending life is not an abstract concept but a duty for [...]