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Vatican sends extraordinary form Mass survey to world’s bishops
CNA Staff, Apr 27, 2020 / 12:01 pm MT (CNA).- The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation has asked the world’s bishops to report on how a landmark papal document acknowledging the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962 is being applied in their dioceses. Cardinal Luis …
‘This is exactly what we want to be doing’: A friar’s life in Brooklyn during coronavirus
by Christine Rousselle Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 25, 2020 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- Fr. Brendan Buckley, OFM. Cap., had never heard of the Zoom before this past March and the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. After his home in the Diocese of Brooklyn became a center of COVID-19 illness …
Ordination Class of 2020 Study Provides Hope for the State of Vocations in the Church
April 23, 2020 WASHINGTON – The release of the study of the Ordination Class of 2020 reveals a great sign of life and hope in the Church in the United States, despite the midst of uncertainty in the world brought by the Coronavirus pandemic. At a moment when the faithful …
Public Masses to resume in Austria May 15
Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2020 / 05:00 pm MT (CNA).- Public Masses will resume in Austria on May 15, the country’s chancellor has said. Sebastian Kurz made the announcement at a press conference in Vienna at noon local time April 21. Fr. Peter Schipka, secretary general of the Austrian bishops’ …
‘Where is God right now?’ How imagination can aid our faith in quarantine
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome, Italy, Apr 22, 2020 / 03:16 am MT (CNA).- Living under coronavirus-caused quarantines and stay-at-home orders, many Catholics may find themselves unable to practice the faith in the ways to which they are accustomed. When you can’t attend Mass, receive the Eucharist, or even go to …
Capitol Hill parish takes adoration to the streets for Divine Mercy Sunday
by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Apr 20, 2020 / 03:10 pm MT (CNA).- Catholics around the world marked Divine Mercy Sunday at home, as public liturgies remain cancelled in many dioceses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But one parish in Washington, D.C., found a way to bring the Lord …
St. Camillus de Lellis: Patron saint of hospitals, nurses, and the sick
by Jonah McKeown Denver, Colo., Apr 18, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- St. Camillus de Lellis turned from a life as a soldier and gambler to become a priest and the founder of an order dedicated to caring for the sick. He is the patron saint of hospitals, nurses, and …
German cardinal says it’s ‘high time’ to restore public Masses
CNA Staff, Apr 17, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- A German cardinal has said it is “high time” to restore public liturgies as the country begins to ease lockdown measures. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne said that Masses with congregations should be permitted “as soon as possible” after German …
Las Cruces bishop explains decision to resume public Masses, even with civic restrictions
by Ed Condon Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2020 / 11:35 am (CNA).- Bishop Peter Baldacchino of the Diocese of Las Cruces said the Church is the “essential service of hope” during the coronavirus pandemic, and that the Church must “welcome as many as we can” in line with public health …
‘We are the Church’ – Archbishop Christophe Pierre reflects on the pandemic
by JD Flynn Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2020 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Archbishop Christophe Pierre was appointed apostolic nuncio to the United States in April 2016, after the archbishop had served as nuncio in Mexico, Uganda, and Haiti. As apostolic nuncio, Pierre is the Holy See’s diplomat to the United …
