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On March 22, Pope Francis asked all Christians to pray the Our Father on March 25 at noon Rome time (7:00 AM Eastern time). Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury has lent his support to the initiative, as has Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, the head of the Wo…
Read MoreIn two decrees released on March 25, the Vatican has given approval for seven new Prefaces to be used in the Extraordinary Form (EF) of the Mass, and given instructions for the observance of new feast days in the traditional calendar.
Read More“It is only the second time in its more than 150-year history that L’Osservatore Romano will cease printing,” the Associated Press reported. “The other time was on Sept. 20, 1870, when Italian forces entered Rome.”
Read MoreThe Pope Video is an initiative of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer). In the new video, Pope Francis says, “Let us all pray together for the sick, for the people who are suffering. We seek refuge under your protec…
Read MoreBorn in 1952, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria has led the Coptic Orthodox Church (CNEWA profile) since 2012. The church is among the Oriental Orthodox churches that ceased to be in full communion with the Holy See following the Ecumenical Council of Cha…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, World News |
With their country under a nationwide stay-at-home order, parishioners at Saint Anthony of Padua parish in Lima, Peru, approached their pastor, Fr Enrique Díaz, with the idea of exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from the church’s roof
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Read MoreFather Henryk Borzecki, 68, died in Pulawy, a city of 50,000 in eastern Poland.
Read MoreAt 7:30 in the evening on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the bells of all French churches will toll for 10 minutes “to manifest our brotherhood and our common hope.” The nation’s bishops have asked Catholics to place a candle in …
Read More“Three priests have confirmed cases of the coronavirus at churches in Brooklyn and Queens,” the diocese tweeted—without announcing the priests’ names.
Read MoreGoing beyond even a sweeping government order, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales have announced that all Catholic churches must be closed. The order by Prime Minister Boris Johnson had allowed for churches to remain open “for solitary pra…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | News, United Kingdom |
The Department of Health has retracted changes to the country’s abortion laws that would have allowed women to complete a chemical abortion at home, without going to a hospital or clinic first.
The post British government retracts announcement allowing women to take abortion pills at home appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Bishop Barry C. Knestout, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, diocese of Richmond, News |
Acknowledging the “extraordinary measures” people need to take to remain physically healthy during the coronavirus pandemic, Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond told the people of his diocese they need to be mindful of their spiritual health.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Church in India, Church in Philippines, Coronavirus, COVID-19, East Timor, India, News, Philippines |
India and other Asian countries are preparing for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Archdiocese of Newark, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, News |
Newark Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has announced a Parishes in Need fundraising initiative specifically aimed at supporting continued outreach and archdiocesan parish communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic healthcare, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, News |
The tsunami of fear around the COVID-19 pandemic and the way it caught the world’s medical community often lacking resources, testing and protective equipment is now testing the faith of U.S. medical professionals.
Read MoreAt a Mass celebrated in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae on March 24 (video), Pope Francis preached on Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 and John 5:1-16, the readings of the day.The Pope invited those watching the Mass to recite St. Alphonsus Liguori’s act …
Read MoreA quarter century ago, on March 25, 1995, Pope St. John Paul II issued Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), his encyclical letter on the value and inviolability of human life.
Read MoreVatican City, Mar 25, 2020 / 02:01 am (CNA).- Pope Francis expressed his “hope in humanity” in face of the drama of the coronavirus pandemic in an interview with Spanish journalist Jordi Évole for a television program aired March 22….
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Amy Welborn, Annunciation of the Lord, Jesus, Living with Christ, Luke 1:26-38, Mary, News, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Sunday Gospel Reflections |
When I read these first chapters of Luke’s Gospel, I can’t help but compare and contrast. On the one hand, there’s Zechariah — John the Baptist’s father — being struck mute in the temple, a grand, glorious place where only a few could encounter God in …
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