Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Don’t expect any palms this Passion Sunday. And distribution of palms later in the year might not happen, either, according to Rita Thiron, executive director of the Federation of Diocesan...
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Catholic News Service This is one of a series of pastoral and personal reflections on living in this time of pandemic. Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, writes this reflection titled “Who’s in charge here anyway?” for Catholic News Service....
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Zoey Maraist | Catholic News Service ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) — Something extremely valuable was left behind in the nurses’ offices of shuttered Virginia schools: personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, gowns and hand sanitizer. Bernadette...
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With Holy Week celebrations closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis postponed the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy Land to September. The Vatican...
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saints can get a bad rap because sometimes people assume they lived in deep piety removed from the burdens of everyday life. But a quick look at the saints known for their ministry to the poor and...
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on “the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady.” “Honor Our Lady and say,...
