by Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 12, 2020 / 09:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Peter Muhich to be the next Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota. Fr. Muhich, 58, most recently served as the rector of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Duluth, Minnesota. …

by Perry West Denver Newsroom, May 11, 2020 / 04:57 pm MT (CNA).- Six retired Jesuit priests who resided at an infirmary of the society in Philadelphia died last month of coronavirus. The priests lived at Manresa Hall, the infirmary at Saint Joseph’s University’s Loyola Jesuit Residence. They died at local …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, May 11, 2020 / 05:30 pm MT (CNA).- With Kentucky already set for a limited resumption of religious services May 20, a federal judge has said Gov. Andy Beshear may not enforce an expiring ban on large gatherings to bar religious services that adhere to …

CNA Staff, May 12, 2020 / 01:30 am MT (CNA).- The coronavirus pandemic has upended social life, politics and the economy. It may also transform the nature of grieving, an expert on the mourning process has said. Dr Lynn Bassett told CNA that relatives of those dying of the coronavirus …

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 11, 2020 / 09:20 am MT (CNA).- The Vatican Museums are preparing to reopen by reservation only with new health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to the general secretary of Vatican City State. “For the incoming public, we are completing …

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 11, 2020 / 04:30 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis began his morning Mass on Monday by praying for the unemployed after millions of people lost their jobs amid coronavirus restrictions. “In these days many people have lost their jobs … We pray for these …

by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, May 8, 2020 / 10:00 am MT (CNA).- The U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See has called attention to the role of faith-based organizations in delivering U.S government relief funds to assist people who are suffering due to the coronavirus in Italy. “The United States …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 11, 2020 / 05:18 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis Monday appointed Fr. Louis Tylka, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Peoria to serve alongside Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. As coadjutor, Tylka will assist Bishop Jenky, …

Denver Newsroom, May 7, 2020 / 03:48 pm MT (CNA).- For the first time in over a century, the annual May 13 celebrations at the Fatima shrine will take place without the physical presence of pilgrims, the bishop of Fatima confirmed this week. Cardinal Antonio Marto said in a May …

CNA Staff, May 8, 2020 / 07:00 am MT (CNA).- A new “dial-a-Mass” service enabling Catholics with no internet connection to listen to Sunday Masses is proving a success, an English bishop has said. Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough said that 100 people used the Mass-by-Phone service when it launched …