Easter at home is an ‘opportunity for faith,’ Vatican official says
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With the prospect of trying to celebrate Easter without a large parish or Vatican liturgies,…
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Priest begins offering drive-through confessions in church parking lot
byBy Josephine von Dohlen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When public Masses in the Archdiocese of Washington were suspended in efforts to prevent the spread…
System to report misconduct by bishops goes live
byCatholic News Service and Record Staff Reports WASHINGTON — A nation-wide system for reporting allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. bishops and eparchs is…
‘When crisis strikes’: On St. Patrick’s Day, Irish bishops offer prayers
byBy Sarah Mac Donald Catholic News Service DUBLIN — With all St. Patrick’s Day parades and events canceled due to restrictions aimed at containing the…
Masses on TV, social media provide alternatives to closed church doors
byBy Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In pandemic-unnerved America, we’re all shut-ins now. In another time, just about any city of a certain…
CDC head ‘not shy about his Catholic faith,’ says Baltimore pastor
byBy Tim Swift Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — When Msgr. Richard Woy sees Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and…
Pope makes mini-pilgrimage outside Vatican to pray for end of pandemic
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left the Vatican March 15 in…
El Salvador marks 43rd anniversary of Jesuit’s martyrdom as beatification looms
byBy Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Even as the government of El Salvador announced a nationwide quarantine, hundreds flocked to a pilgrimage…
Politics and religion a combustible mix in a slew of recent polls
byBy Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a society where people are cautioned not to talk about religion and politics, no fewer…
Churches, chaplains, nuns have unexpected role in COVID-19 crisis
byBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service ROME — In a nation where the faithful are not allowed to assemble for Mass, one church in…