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Pope says priests, along with doctors and nurses, are pandemic’s ‘saints next door’

Apr 9, 2020

ROME – Celebrating one of the most unusual Holy Thursday Masses of all time, which took place in a nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis remembered priests living and dead amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they along with doctors and nurses represent the “saints next door” during the crisis.

By Elise Ann Allen

On the cross, God’s loving nature is revealed, pope says

Apr 8, 2020

Jesus chose to reveal his divine majesty not through miracles or wondrous deeds but on the cross where God’s love for humanity was manifested, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Crown of Thorns will return to Notre Dame Cathedral for Good Friday

Apr 7, 2020

Nearly one year after a fire ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the city’s archbishop will briefly return to the cathedral its most prized relic, the Crown of Thorns, for veneration on Good Friday, the day in which Catholics commemorate Jesus’s suffering and death.

By Elise Ann Allen

Gomez: Churches may be closed, but ‘Lord’s heart remains’ open to all

Apr 7, 2020

Disease and death have darkened the world this Lent and Holy Week, with our societies shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, but “we know that our Redeemer lives,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

By Catholic News Service

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.

By Paul Haring

As Pope opens Holy Week under lockdown, debate swirls around Easter

Apr 6, 2020

With Easter just days away, debate continues to swirl about how accessible churches and pastors should be on the holiest day on the Christian calendar – and, for that matter, whether Easter ought to be celebrated next Sunday at all.

By John L. Allen Jr.