Churches, chaplains, nuns have unexpected role in COVID-19 crisis
In a nation where the faithful are not allowed to assemble for Mass, one church in northern Italy is full. The Church of All Saints in Bergamo — located in a cemetery in Italy’s hardest-hit Lombardy region — has had ...
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COVID-19 does what war couldn’t: churches closed in Syria
Cardinal Mario Zenari, the nuncio to Syria, said he is raising special prayers these days to Sts. Cosmas and Damian, fourth-century physicians who offered free care for the sick in Syria.
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Eucharist: Jesus Always With Us
The majority of weekday Masses that I attended in the 1950s were “Low Masses” that involved no singing.
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Lenten Penance: Getting Back on Track
Our understanding of penance is based on our understanding of sin.
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Encounters with Pope Francis
And even that wasn’t the worst. “I was really emotional in a moment where really no one saw,” Boehner said in a press conference.
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Chinese diocese donates masks to Vatican to fight COVID-19