The coronavirus pandemic has upended social life, politics and the economy. It may also transform the nature of grieving, an expert on the mourning process …
Vatican Museums to reopen with temperature checks, mandatory face masks
A view of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The Vatican Museums are preparing to reopen by reservation only with new health measures to …
Pope Francis prays for the unemployed after coronavirus layoffs
Pope Francis offers Mass in Casa Santa Marta on May 11, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis began his morning Mass today by praying for …
Remember you are made for heaven, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis blesses an almost empty St. Peter’s Square May 10, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media We must always remember that we are made for heaven, …
Pope Francis: ‘The Church advances through prayer’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 10, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Church leaders must put prayer before all …
Vigano accuses Cardinal Sarah of causing him ‘harm’ in row over coronavirus letter
Archbishop Carlo Vigano. Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has accused a Vatican cardinal of causing him “serious harm” in a bitter …
Pope Francis: the devil seeks to destroy the Church through envy
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 9, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. The devil uses envy to try to …
Weekly Newsletter 9th May 2020 (17)
This weeks new job listing.
30 new jobs posted this week.
Catholic teen seeks to inspire neighbourhood with Marian sidewalk art
Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Fargo. A young Catholic artist has drawn an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary on her parents’ driveway bringing …
‘Dial-a-Mass’ service is a godsend for Catholics without internet
Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough. Credit: catholicrelics.co.uk A new “dial-a-Mass” service enabling Catholics with no internet connection to listen to Sunday Masses is proving a …
St. John Paul II’s parents’ sainthood cause has officially opened
St. John Paul II’s father, Karol Wojtyła, and mother, Emilia, with their eldest son, Edmund. Credit: Archidiecezja Krakowska. The sainthood causes of St. John Paul …
Pope Francis: ‘Allow yourself to be consoled by Jesus’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. We must learn to let ourselves be …
Pope Francis: ‘Pass down the history of our salvation’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 7, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. It is important for Catholics to remember …
Italian teen who died in 2009 declared ‘venerable’ by Pope Francis
Matteo Farina (1990-2009). Credit: Matteofarina.com Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of five men and women, including an Italian teenager who died of a …
Pope Francis: ‘Jesus saves us from the darkness’
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta May 6, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said yesterday that Christ’s light illuminates the …
Swiss Guards postpone swearing-in of new recruits due to coronavirus
Swiss Guards at the commemoration of the fallen with conferment in the Protomartyrs’ Square in Vatican City, May 6, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The annual …
Pope Francis speaks up for ‘harshly exploited’ agricultural workers
Pope Francis gives his general audience address in the apostolic palace May 6, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. The coronavirus crisis can be an opportunity to …
Scottish pro-life student group investigated, but no action taken
The University of Aberdeen. Credit: SilvanBachmann/Shutterstock. After complaints that a pro-life event held by the Aberdeen Life Ethics Society violated a ‘safe space policy’, an …
Pandemic brings ‘a very different kind of Church’ to London’s homeless
Adoration takes place outside St. Patrick’s, Soho, in London’s West End. Courtesy: St. Patrick’s, Soho. A parish in London’s West End is offering the homeless …
Pope Francis hails St. John Paul II’s ‘great witness’ ahead of centenary
Pope Francis said that he has looked up to St. John Paul II throughout his priesthood in a book foreword he wrote ahead of the …