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  • Silence over Easter police raids captures ‘through the looking glass’ moment

    Silence over Easter police raids captures ‘through the looking glass’ moment

    • Apr 16, 2020

    Up and down Italy over the Easter weekend, police entered churches and broke up services, issuing citations and fines to those taking part, in several instances including the parish priest. Yet not only has there been no howl of protest from the country’s Catholic leadership, almost uniformly bishops have sided with the authorities.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Vatican registers huge growth, engagement online for Holy Week, Easter

    Vatican registers huge growth, engagement online for Holy Week, Easter

    • Apr 14, 2020

    Holy Week and Easter events broadcast and shared by Vatican media reached millions of people around the world, attracting new viewers, followers and fans inspired by Pope Francis’ words and gestures.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Pope leads ‘Way of the Cross’ service in deserted St. Peter’s Square

    Pope leads ‘Way of the Cross’ service in deserted St. Peter’s Square

    • Apr 10, 2020

    Shortly after assuring of his closeness amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on an Italian television program, Pope Francis on Good Friday yet again appeared in a nearly empty St. Peter’s Square to lead a livestreamed Via Crucis with meditations written by prisoners.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Papal preacher says human, not economic, ‘recession’ biggest virus threat

    Papal preacher says human, not economic, ‘recession’ biggest virus threat

    • Apr 10, 2020

    On Good Friday Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, said the COVID-19 coronavirus ought to be a turning point to end wars and fuel solidarity, and that the biggest thing people should fear is not an economic recession, but the further loss of humanity.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Pope highlights prisoners’ unique ‘Way of the Cross’ on Good Friday

    Pope highlights prisoners’ unique ‘Way of the Cross’ on Good Friday

    • Apr 10, 2020

    Meditations for Pope Francis’s “Via Crucis” ceremony on Good Friday were written by prisoners and their families, as well as crime victims and their families.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • New York’s religious leaders finding God at virus’s American epicenter

    New York’s religious leaders finding God at virus’s American epicenter

    • Apr 10, 2020

    With Passover and Easter just around the corner, leaders from New York City’s Catholic and Jewish communities expressed their mutual conviction that God is present in their people’s suffering and warned about complacency in Catholic-Jewish relations.

    By Nick Mayrand
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