Cardinal asks top Vatican officials to donate to pandemic relief efforts
- Apr 7, 2020
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COVID-19 does what war couldn’t: Churches closed in Syria, nuncio says
- Apr 6, 2020
Cardinal Mario Zenari, the nuncio to Syria, said he is raising special prayers these days to Sts. Cosmas and Damian, fourth-century physicians who offered free care for the sick in Syria.
U.S. seminarians from Rome have parish placements during pandemic
- Apr 6, 2020
The U.S. seminarians who were studying at Rome’s Pontifical North American College have or are about to complete their 14-day quarantine at home and will be getting very unusual pastoral experience in U.S. parishes that are finding ways to minister to Catholics amid the restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington archbishop calls abuse a ‘spiritual felony,’ prays for victims
- Apr 6, 2020
Calling the abuse of children a “spiritual felony,” Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory offered prayers April 3 for victims of such abuse and prayed that God would “help us respect the dignity of all the young, vulnerable and those who need protection.”
Nicaraguan officials stop church program to prevent COVID-19
- Apr 6, 2020
Health officials in Nicaragua have stopped a church program to prevent COVID-19 in the Central American country, where the government has downplayed the pandemic’s potential impact and encouraged the population to go about their business as usual.
Photographing Palm Sunday where the pope usually celebrates funerals
- Apr 6, 2020
Pope Francis celebrated a somber Palm Sunday Mass in a location he goes to most frequently for the funerals of deceased cardinals.
Pope prays for solution to overcrowded prisons during pandemic
- Apr 6, 2020
While countries have enforced social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis warned of serious consequences if the same measures aren’t applied to overcrowded prisons.
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