Pope prays for clergy, public service employees working during lockdown
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Standing in the window of the library of the Apostolic Palace overlooking an empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis blessed the city of Rome still under lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. During a …
Pope prays family relationships thrive while stuck at home
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed for families who are cooped up in their homes and for all those who are ill with COVID-19. During a live broadcast of his daily morning Mass March 16, Pope Francis again prayed for the many …
Pope makes mini-pilgrimage outside Vatican to pray for end of pandemic
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left the Vatican March 15 in a mini-pilgrimage to an icon and to a crucifix associated with miraculous interventions to save the city and its people. The icon is …
Today’s Video: Let Go!
Many of us worry about a lot. We live in fear and so hide from danger. Jesus tells us that we must let go of our worries and follow him. Check out Today’s Video from Father Casey Cole:
Update: Vatican says public will not be admitted to papal Holy Week liturgies
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican office that distributes free tickets to papal events has posted a notice on its website that "the liturgical celebrations of Holy Week will take place without the physical presence of the faithful." While public gatherings, including Masses, have been banned in …
Amid coronavirus pandemic, pope’s Easter liturgies closed to public
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 14, 2020 / 04:56 pm (CNA).- Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis’ liturgies for Holy Week and Easter, which usually include the presence of thousands of people, will be held without public attendance this year. According to an online notice from the Prefecture …
Churches begin canceling Masses in effort to stem COVID-19 pandemic
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an effort to stem the pandemic of COVID-19, bishops’ conferences and dioceses around the world began suspending public Masses. The measures were designed to "flatten the curve," an effort to ease the burden on the health care system so treatment …
USCCB president offers reflection, prayer in this time of the coronavirus
IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Acknowledging the fragility of human life because of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, shared a prayer for people who are ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, …
Rome cardinal closes all churches, then modifies decision
IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, papal vicar of Rome, said he spoke to Pope Francis March 12 before ordering the closure of all churches in Rome because of the coronavirus pandemic; the next day, he said he spoke to the …
Churches, chaplains, nuns have unexpected role in COVID-19 crisis
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sergio Agazzi, IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — In a nation where the faithful are not allowed to assemble for Mass, one church in northern Italy is full. The Church of All Saints in Bergamo — located in a cemetery in Italy’s hardest-hit Lombardy region …