Mass Archives

Bergamo honors coronavirus victims as inquiry opened into outbreak

Jun 23, 2020

As one of Italy’s hardest-hit regions by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic opens an inquiry into how the outbreak started and whether it could have been prevented, local pastors are remembering the deceased with a summer of Masses.

By Elise Ann Allen

Churches in Latin America start planning for ‘new normal’ after lockdown

May 23, 2020

Public liturgies were suspended throughout most of Latin America in March to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, and ever since there have been campaigns to “bring back the Mass,” and discussions between bishops conferences and governments to see if churches – and other houses of prayer – can be opened.

By Inés San Martín

Sights and sounds of ‘new normal’ as Italy and the Vatican go back to Mass

May 19, 2020

After urging compliance the day before, it did not escape attention that Pope Francis didn’t quite follow suit in his public Mass Monday, held in St. Peter’s Basilica before the tomb of St. John Paul II to mark the centenary of his predecessor’s birth.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope Francis hails John Paul II as model pastor

May 18, 2020

One hundred years after the birth of Saint John Paul II, Pope Francis called the Polish Pope a gift to the church and a model example of a pastor who prays, is close to his people and who exercises both justice and mercy.

By Elise Ann Allen

Pope to stop livestreaming daily Mass amid Italy’s coronavirus recovery

May 12, 2020

On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that with public Masses set to resume in Italy this weekend as coronavirus restrictions ease, Pope Francis’s daily Masses at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta will no longer be livestreamed.

By Elise Ann Allen

Pope prays for nurses as world marks their role in healthcare

May 12, 2020

As the number of global COVID-19 coronavirus infections continues to rise, notably among healthcare workers, Pope Francis in his daily Mass Tuesday offered special prayers for nurses on International Nurses Day.

By Crux Staff