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April 16, 2020
The Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico has become the first in the US to resume public Masses
April 14, 2020
Sri Lanka's Christians have forgiven the Easter bombers, Cardinal Ranjith has said
April 09, 2020
Comment & Features Why does God allow disasters? The astonishing reason is love – Peter Kreeft How does good come out of evil? And other questions about providence – William Newton ‘My faith brought it upon me’: The pandemic and the love of neighbour – The Catholic Herald My post-crisis resolutions: Worry less – and
April 09, 2020
“Mario is genuinely one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.” How often do tenants speak like that about their landlord? But then Mario Salerno is an unusual kind of landlord. He owns 80 apartments in Brooklyn, from which this month he will receive precisely zero dollars’ rent. Last week his 200 tenants found a
April 09, 2020
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, April 12: Easter Sunday Acts 10:34A, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Monday, April 13: Easter Monday Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday, April 14: Easter Tuesday Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday, April 15: Easter Wednesday Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday,
April 08, 2020
A Colombian archbishop has removed 15 priests accused of abuse from active ministry. Kenyans are mourning an archbishop who “took on the powerful people of the earth, fearlessly and without rancour.” John Allen and Edward Pentin comment on Cardinal Pell’s acquittal. Notre Dame organist Olivier Latry gives an update on the state of the instrument
April 07, 2020
Cardinal Pell has said he has “no ill will” towards his accuser. More than 100 Orthodox parishioners have been fined for going to church in Greece. Police have broken up a roof-top Mass in Spain. Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret give advice on how to celebrate Holy Week at home. And Fr Dwight Longenecker warns against
April 06, 2020
We can use the lockdown to “rediscover that life is of no use if not used to serve others”, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday. A German priest is going to court after continuing to celebrate public Mass despite the lockdown (German report). The AP reports on the launch of “Catholics for Trump”. A new
April 03, 2020
Pope Francis has marked the 500th anniversary of the first Mass in Argentina. 11 million people watched last Friday’s extraordinary Urbi et Orbi on TV in Italy. Kathryn Jean Lopez remembers the day Pope John Paul II died. Sam Sorbo has tips for Catholic parents forced to homeschool due to the pandemic. Jeff Dahlberg lists
April 02, 2020
Men in suits making speeches at lecterns, scientists giving interviews on their webcams: these have become the familiar images of the official response to coronavirus. Last Friday, in a deserted and rainswept St Peter’s Square, there took place a very different kind of scene. An 83-year-old man, robed in white, walked haltingly between the pillars
April 02, 2020
Liturgy for the housebound SIR – In the last few days, my husband and I have managed to watch Mass at three of the cathedrals where he has played the organ. He has played for over 60 years in many churches, having started at the age of 16. However, we have friends who do not
April 02, 2020
Normally, Catholics would prepare for Holy Week with a successful Lent and the observance of their Easter duties. These include the requirement to go to Confession and to receive Holy Communion at least once, and to give alms to the poor. The lockdown against the coronavirus has meant the closure of churches, however; so most
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