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27 April, 2020
25 April, 2020
Pope: Faith is shared with others or it’s not faith
Let us pray today for those who offer funeral services. What they do is so painful, so sad. And they experience so deeply the sorrow of this pandemic. Let us pray for them.
Pope: Faith is shared with others or it’s not faith:
Pope: Faith is shared with others or it’s not faith:
24 April, 2020
Priests seek ways to anoint the sick during coronavirus pandemic
As hospitals adjust their procedures due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, some Catholic priests are departing from prescribed liturgical practices to administer the anointing of the sick, earning opposition from Church leaders who say the adaptations could invalidate the sacrament.
Priests seek ways to anoint the sick during coronavirus pandemic:
Priests seek ways to anoint the sick during coronavirus pandemic:
20 April, 2020
Pope warns of danger in online Masses
Pope Francis says he accepted a "scolding" by an unnamed bishop over livestreamed Mass.
Pope warns of danger in online Masses:
Pope warns of danger in online Masses:
18 April, 2020
14 April, 2020
A new Catholic legal doctrine
A conservative Harvard law professor and Catholic convert proposes ditching originalism in favor of ‘common good constitutionalism.’
A new Catholic legal doctrine:
A new Catholic legal doctrine:
13 April, 2020
Virginia pastor who held packed church service dies of coronavirus
An evangelical pastor died of COVID-19 just weeks after proudly showing off how packed his Virginia church was -- and vowing to keep preaching "unless I'm in jail or the hospital."
Virginia pastor who held packed church service dies of coronavirus:
Virginia pastor who held packed church service dies of coronavirus:
Pope: Coronavirus Crisis Forces Us to Choose Between Life and Love of Money
Pope Francis began the Mass by praying that researchers and political leaders would make the correct choices for those they serve.
Pope: Coronavirus Crisis Forces Us to Choose Between Life and Love of Money:
Pope: Coronavirus Crisis Forces Us to Choose Between Life and Love of Money:
12 April, 2020
‘Plan for the worst and hope for the best’: Canada’s funeral industry in upheaval as coronavirus deaths mount
Contingency plans are being made across the country to avoid the fate of places like New York, where mass graves on public land are being considered to accommodate the deceased.
‘Plan for the worst and hope for the best’: Canada’s funeral industry in upheaval as coronavirus deaths mount - The Globe and Mail:
‘Plan for the worst and hope for the best’: Canada’s funeral industry in upheaval as coronavirus deaths mount - The Globe and Mail:
11 April, 2020
Pope leads 'Way of the Cross' service in deserted St. Peter's Square
Shortly after assuring of his closeness amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on an Italian television program, Pope Francis on Good Friday yet again appeared in a nearly empty St. Peter’s Square to lead a livestreamed Via Crucis with meditations written by prisoners.
Pope leads 'Way of the Cross' service in deserted St. Peter's Square:
Pope leads 'Way of the Cross' service in deserted St. Peter's Square:
10 April, 2020
Raymond De Souza: In this time of lament, a prayer for the people
This Passover, this Easter is a return home, to where it began. It is not a joyful homecoming, but a painful one, for we cannot gather to worship together.
Raymond De Souza: In this time of lament, a prayer for the people | Pembroke Daily Observer:
Raymond De Souza: In this time of lament, a prayer for the people | Pembroke Daily Observer:
After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter
We are heading into an Easter that stares straight into the eyes of death and empire and still declares love stronger than the grave.
After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter:
After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter:
On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis recalls priests dying amid pandemic
Pope Francis recalled the priests who have lost their lives during the coronavirus crisis as he offered the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in a nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica.
On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis recalls priests dying amid pandemic:
On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis recalls priests dying amid pandemic:
08 April, 2020
Robert P. George: We must be 'firm in our resistance' to discrimination in COVID crisis
Robert P. George is one of America's leading ethicists. He spoke to Crux about some of the issues arising from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Robert P. George: We must be 'firm in our resistance' to discrimination in COVID crisis:
Robert P. George: We must be 'firm in our resistance' to discrimination in COVID crisis:
06 April, 2020
As coronavirus death rates multiply, these monks are giving away caskets
The Trappist monks of New Melleray Abbey have always given away child caskets. Now they're offering adult caskets to people in need.
As coronavirus death rates multiply, these monks are giving away caskets:
As coronavirus death rates multiply, these monks are giving away caskets:
Australia's highest court to judge cardinal's abuse appeal
Australia’s highest court on Tuesday will judge Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against convictions for molesting two teenage choirboys more than two decades ago. But the legal battle over the world’s most senior Catholic convicted of sexually abusing children may not end there.
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Australia's highest court to judge cardinal's abuse appeal:
02 April, 2020
Australian High Court to issue Cardinal Pell decision next week
The Australian High Court announced Thursday that a decision would be issued in the case Pell v. The Crown on April 7 at 10 am.
Australian High Court to issue Cardinal Pell decision next week:
Australian High Court to issue Cardinal Pell decision next week:
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