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Updated Information: Gate of Heaven Park Closure
Dear Friends and Family, Many of you have reached out with questions and expressions of concern regarding the current restrictions on visitation at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery. Many of you visit regularly to honor your loved ones and undoubtedly find peace and prayerfulness in the traditions of these sacred …
US bishops: Jesus’ Sacred Heart is open for you, despite ‘bitter affliction’ of coronavirus
Washington D.C., Apr 4, 2020 / 01:22 pm (CNA).- The novel coronavirus pandemic’s effects on victims and the closure of churches have deeply pained the Catholic faithful and clergy, but Holy Week is a time to join together to seek God’s mercy and love in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, …
Catholic Bishops of Ohio Extend Suspension of All Publicly Celebrated Masses/Liturgies
The Catholic Conference of Ohio, chaired by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, has released a statement extending the temporary suspension of all publicly celebrated Masses and liturgies through and including Sunday, May 3. The archdiocesan website, www.catholiccincinnati.org, is live-streaming daily and weekend Masses from the Cathedral …
What is a plenary indulgence?
IMAGE: CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the faithful who watch or listen to his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27. Special indulgences …
Catholic at Home: Let No Soul Fear to Draw Near to Me
For the past few weeks, Jesus has repeatedly placed His Divine Mercy into my path: Initially through a close friend, then in my Bible study, and still again through a priest’s homily. When devotions show up over and over, it’s time to say, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Christ’s …
Religious find inventive techniques of caring for community in isolation
IMAGE: CNS photo/Zoey Maraist, Arlington Herald By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) — As people throughout the U.S. self-isolate and retreat from daily life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, priests and women religious have become beacons of hope globally as they mobilize in unconventional ways. From church parking lots to hospitals, the …
Priests: Celebrating Mass online with no congregants ‘odd,’ ‘weird’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Cath By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Here is the church, and here is the steeple; Father says Mass, but where are the people? Imagine if you gave a Mass and nobody came. That’s an emerging reality for priests as the phenomenon of livestreamed, YouTubed …
South African Jesuit: Informal settlements ‘perfect storm’ for COVID-19
IMAGE: CNS photo/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters By Bronwen Dachs CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — Africa’s informal settlements, where running water is scarce, make for a "perfect storm" as COVID-19 spreads through the continent, said a prominent South African Jesuit. In these crowded settlements on the edges of Africa’s cities, taps …
Pope Francis to give a special Urbi et Orbi blessing amid coronavirus pandemic
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Mar 22, 2020 / 11:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will give an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing this week with the opportunity for Catholics to receive a plenary indulgence by tuning in via media. “This Friday, March 27 at 6 p.m., …
Pope Francis: As humanity trembles from pandemic, let us unite in prayer
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Mar 22, 2020 / 07:05 am (CNA).- Pope Francis has asked Christians around the world to unite in praying the Our Father prayer at noon on March 25 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “In these days of trial, while humanity trembles at the threat …
