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- Feb 28, 2021
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Spanish cardinal’s blessing on Sunday divides officials of Valencia government
- May 12, 2020
Valencia’s government authorities have had a divided reaction to a Spanish cardinal’s decision to open a church to allow the faithful to see an image of the Virgin Mary on Sunday, despite restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Italy’s church going back to business, but not business as usual
- May 12, 2020
Although when public liturgies may resume in the Vatican remains unclear, the church in Italy, anyway, is going back to business – but it’s likely to be far from business as usual.
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