2020

Pope Francis prays following Mass in Casa Santa Marta on March 23, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media Pope Francis offered Mass on Monday for people facing …

Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will give an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing this week with the opportunity for Catholics to receive a plenary …

Pope Francis looks out at an empty St. Peter’s Square. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis has asked Christians around the world to unite in praying …

Seta Kale. Courtesy photo. The Syrian civil war has led to one of the largest refugee crises of modern times and presented unique problems for …

Pope Francis’ televised Mass and Eucharistic Adoration on March 21, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. As more Catholics around the world find themselves unable to receive …

The policy of social distancing means that the newly-homebound are seeing less of coworkers than they did just weeks ago. They’re seeing fewer friends too. …

The Vatican department for liturgy published guidelines yesterday for bishops and priests on the celebration of Holy Week, the Triduum, and Easter liturgies during the …

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, has said that the coronavirus pandemic may justify the use of general absolution, in extraordinary circumstances, for …

The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a plenary indulgence for people with COVID-19 and for those who care for them, including medical staff and family …

With public Masses suspended in many countries, many Catholics have been told to stay home, make a spiritual communion, and maintain a prayer routine until …

The prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life has encouraged religious to intensify their prayer during the coronavirus outbreak, and to obey requests …

The bishop of Portsmouth, has encouraged his flock to remain steadfast in prayer during the COVID-19 outbreak, telling Catholics they will remember how they lived …

As much of the world faces quarantines, social distancing, and “shelter in place” orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, Catholics have faced unexpected challenges in accessing …

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, so many aspects of our lives must change. This includes the ways in …

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes has closed for the first time in over a century following new restrictions in France to slow the …

Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish priest who hid Italian Jews from the Nazis and went on to baptise the former head of the Gestapo in …

You are never alone, even in the isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Primate of All Ireland told the country’s Catholics on St. Patrick’s Day. …

The day may come when public Masses will be suspended due to the outbreak of COVID-19, or you need to stay at home during the …

At least ten priests have died in Italy after contracting COVID-19. More than half of them were from the Diocese of Bergamo, a town outside …