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How to… Watch Mass remotely
March 19, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps through Spain, rendering the country the worst affected in Europe after Italy, bishops there have been forced to confront the question of how the faithful might observe the Sabbath in a state of lockdown. With people largely restricted to their homes, it is no longer possible to go to Mass,
Mass readings: 22-28 March, 2020
March 19, 2020
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week IV Sunday, March 22: The Fourth Sunday of Lent 1 Sm 16:1B, 6-7, 10-13A; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 Monday, March 23: Weekday of Lent, St Turibius de Mogrovejo Is 65:17-21; Ps 30; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday, March 24: Weekday of Lent Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday,
March 13, 2020 issue
March 12, 2020
For centuries the remains of one of England’s earliest saints lay hidden from the world. But now – quite astonishingly – they have come to light, says David Keys in this week’s cover story. Francis Young explains the significance of the discovery. Also in this issue, Benedict Rogers meets a cardinal who celebrated Mass secretly in a Soviet prison. Mary Kenny explains the
From Paul VI to Francis, popes have tried to strengthen the synod
March 12, 2020
The Vatican has announced that the world’s bishops will meet in October 2022 for a synod on synodality. The official theme of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be “For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission”.  The announcement triggered two broad reactions on social media. Outspoken supporters of Pope
Letters: China’s latest atrocity; Communion and the coronavirus
March 12, 2020
The Vatican-China deal should be torn up SIR – We the undersigned are writing to express our burning anxiety at the Vatican’s treaty with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the light of the China Tribunal’s findings into forced organ harvesting. The Tribunal was commissioned by the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse – a
How to… Make a spiritual communion
March 12, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads so has public anxiety about how people should live in to order to halt its progress, to avoid contraction or recover from illness.  Pressure is building upon the bishops to offer guidance on how Masses might be celebrated safely.  Perhaps for the first time Catholics are hearing about “spiritual communion”, not
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March 12, 2020
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week III Sunday, March 15: The Third Sunday of Lent Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 Monday, March 16: Weekday of Lent 2 Kgs 5:1-15AB; Ps 42; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday, March 17: St Patrick (E) (opt mem W); Weekday of Lent (W, US) Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday,
Letters: Viktor Orbán’s imperfect Christianity 
March 05, 2020
SIR – I fear my friend Matthew Schmitz has taken a sledgehammer to crush an egg (Comment, February 21). He is certainly correct that IVF treatment is against Catholic teaching, and thus the failure of the Orbán government to implement a part of Catholic teaching, albeit a very significant part, belies the belief of many
How to… give alms
March 05, 2020
Almsgiving, along with prayer and fasting, is one of the three “acts of religion”, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It was preached by Jesus Christ and is a means of “interior penance” and a way of expressing “conversion in relation to oneself, to God and to others”. It is “one of the
Mass readings
March 05, 2020
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, March 8: The Second Sunday of Lent Gn 12:1-4A; Ps 33; 2 TM 1:8B-10; Mt 17:1-9 Monday, March 9: Weekday of Lent, St Frances of Rome Dn 9:4B-10; Ps 79; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday, March 10: Weekday of Lent Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday, March 11: Weekday of
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February 27, 2020
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week IV Sunday, March 1: The First Sunday of Lent Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51; Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19; Mt 4:1-11 Monday, March 2: St David (W), Weekday of Lent (E, US) Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday, March 3: Weekday of Lent Is 55:10-11; Ps 34; Mt 6:7-15
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