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Ohio AG: abortion clinics can't use resources needed for coronavirus fight

Mar 23, 2020

Ohio’s abortion clinics are wrongly using resources that should be conserved for health care workers fighting the new coronavirus, and... Read more

Image of Our Lady of Fatima in Lisbon's cathedral.

Portuguese bishops invite nations of the world to be consecrated at Fatima

Mar 23, 2020

On Wednesday, nations from around the world can be consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart... Read more

Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans in Rome, Jan. 26, 2012.

Archbishop Aymond of New Orleans has coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

The Archbishop of New Orleans has tested positive for coronavirus. He is the first U.S. bishop known to have tested... Read more

Seminarians from the North American College in Rome, Italy pray the rosary in St. Peter's Square March 13, 2016. CNA file photo.

American seminary in Rome sends students home during coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the Pontifical North American College seminary has sent students to return to their homes and... Read more

Pope Francis on Easter Sunday April 21, 2019.

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis' Malta trip postponed

Mar 23, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican stated Monday that Pope Francis’ trip to the islands of Malta and Gozo May 31 has been postponed... Read more

Pope Francis prays following Mass in Casa Santa Marta on March 23, 2020.

Pope Francis prays for people facing economic hardship due to coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis offered Mass on Monday for people facing economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

Pope Francis gives the Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" blessing Dec. 25, 2018.

Pope Francis to give a special Urbi et Orbi blessing amid coronavirus pandemic

Mar 22, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will give an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing on March 27 with the opportunity... Read more

Pope Francis looks out at an empty St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis: As humanity trembles from pandemic, let us unite in prayer

Mar 22, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis has asked Christians around the world to unite in praying the Our Father prayer at noon on March... Read more

Seta Kale. Courtesy photo.

Syria’s Hidden Victims - Seta Kale

Mar 22, 2020

The Syrian civil war has led to one of the largest refugee crises of modern times, and presented unique problems... Read more

Brother John Sebastian Laird-Hammond, OFM. Courtesy of the Franciscan Monastery of The Holy Land in America

A Franciscan friar and deacon is DC’s first known coronavirus fatality

Mar 21, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

A Franciscan friar is the first person known to have died as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the District... Read more

How to stay quarantined, stay married, and keep your friends

Mar 21, 2020

By Perry West

There are ways to build and maintain healthy relationships during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen. Courtesy Photo.

Cardinal Zen: 'Parolin manipulates the pope,' and Vatican's China policy is 'immoral'

Mar 20, 2020

Cardinal Joseph Zen published Saturday a blog post accusing the Vatican’s secretary of state of manipulating Pope Francis, and continuing... Read more

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Bishop in Israel says schools are incubating anti-Christian intolerance

Mar 20, 2020

A bishop in Israel has renewed a call for educational leaders to address “bigoted attitudes” in the teaching of young... Read more

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.

Detroit archdiocese sees spiritual confusion among LGBT Catholic dissenters

Mar 20, 2020

By Kevin J. Jones

A dissenting Catholic LGBT advocacy group rejects Church teaching and confuses the Christian path to holiness, Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Battersby... Read more

Confession on Divine Mercy Sunday in St. Peter's Square, April 3, 2016.

Peruvian bishop rescinds permission for confession by phone

Mar 20, 2020

A Peruvian bishop has rescinded permission for priests of his diocese to hear confessions by telephone, just five days after... Read more

A courtyard at the Church of the Nativity stands empty amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus in the Holy Land: How Catholics in the Jerusalem patriarchate are coping

Mar 20, 2020

By Andrea Gagliarducci

As Easter is approaching, the Holy Land is enduring tough times: the sacred sites are shut down because of the... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica. CNA file photo.

Holy See grants indulgence to coronavirus patients and Catholics who pray for them

Mar 20, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a plenary indulgence for people with COVID-19 and for those who care for them,... Read more

Pope Francis prays in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta March 16, 2020.

'Return home' through the sacrament of confession, Pope Francis urges

Mar 20, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis spoke Friday about the importance of returning to God, the loving Father, in the sacrament of reconciliation.  Read more

Missouri's last abortion clinic faces 'imminent' decision

Mar 19, 2020

Missouri authorities could soon rule on whether the state’s only remaining abortion clinic will remain open despite failures to meet... Read more

Quarantined Sunday: How can families keep the day holy when Masses are canceled?

Mar 19, 2020

By Mary Farrow

How families can make Sunday a holy day, without being at Mass  Read more