Category: carnival

In Rio de Janeiro, dog owners defy ban on Carnival parties

by bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | ash wednesday, Associated Press, Brazil, carnival, Church in the Americas, COVID restrictions, Lent, News, Rio de Janeiro | 0 |

Dozens of dogs and their owners in Rio de Janeiro challenged a city ban on street parties and gathered for their annual Carnival parade Sunday.

New Orleans hosts its 1st full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020

by bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, ash wednesday, Associated Press, carnival, Church in the US, lead, Lent, New Orleans, News | 0 |

People are out to party as New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020 dawns Tuesday, with a day of back-to-back parades through the city and masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces.

Reclaim the Catholic Season of Carnival

by bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Best of Week, carnival, fasting, Featured, Lent, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |

Reclaim the Catholic Season of Carnival “Saint Catherine closes the door of the dance hall until the three Holy Kings throw it wide open again” is a saying in Catholic countries. This means that with the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria (November 25), the Church enters the “closed time.” In these weeks, good Christians are not allowed to attend public […]

A season of joy – and caution – kicks off in New Orleans

by bcadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, carnival, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, Epiphany, Lent, New Orleans, News | 0 |

Vaccinated, masked and ready-to-revel New Orleans residents began ushering in Carnival season Thursday with a rolling party on the city’s streetcar line, an annual march honoring St. Joan of Arc, and a collective eye on coronavirus statistics.

Virus-muffled Mardi Gras hits New Orleans’ party-loving soul

by bcadmin | Feb 14, 2021 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Lent, New Orleans, News | 0 |

Parades canceled. Bars closed. Crowds suppressed. Mardi Gras joy is muted this year in New Orleans as authorities seek to stifle the coronavirus’s spread. And it’s a blow to the tradition-bound city’s party-loving soul.

With carnival canceled, sadness takes over Belgian town

by bcadmin | Feb 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Belgium, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, COVID-19 pandemic, Lent, News | 0 |

The coronavirus has brought to a sudden halt one of Europe’s oldest surviving street carnivals.

Human festivities scrapped, Rio’s Carnival goes to the dogs

by bcadmin | Feb 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Brazil, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Lent, News, Rio de Janeiro | 0 |

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival festivities may have been canceled, but nobody told the dogs.

A subdued year for Germany’s Carnival, thanks to the virus

by bcadmin | Feb 12, 2021 | Associated Press, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, COVID-19, German Church, Germany, Lent, News | 0 |

Germany’s renowned Carnival celebrations got underway Thursday but without any of their usual raucous revelry.

Venice has people in masks but no Carnival fun

by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Associated Press, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lent, News, Venice | 0 |

The Italian canal city’s Carnival festivities should have started Saturday, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made its annual appointment for more than two weeks of merry-making impossible.

Rio Carnival schools make plea for end of religious abuse

by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2020 | Associated Press, Brazil, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, News, Rio de Janeiro | 0 |

As Portuguese Catholic colonists brought African slaves to Brazil, the enslaved men and women developed syncretic blends of their traditional religions with Catholicism, now practiced by about a tiny minority of Brazilians.

Aalst Carnival again has Jewish stereotypes in its parade

by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2020 | Anti-semitism, Associated Press, Belgium, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, News, second, UNESCO | 0 |

The Aalst Carnival parade included stereotypical depictions of Jews for the second year in a row and the Belgian government said that the anti-Semitism in the three-day festival embarrassed the nation and endangers society.

Israel calls on Belgium to scrap carnival parade over anti-Semitism

by bcadmin | Feb 21, 2020 | Anti-semitism, Associated Press, Belgium, carnival, Church in Europe, Israel, Lent, News | 0 |

Israel on Thursday called on Belgium to scrap this weekend’s annual Carnival parade after last year’s featured a float with anti-Semitic caricatures.