“To pray is to love. When we pray together – as couples, as families, as communities … our prayer is also our response to God’s promptings, to our trust in his hope, our faith in the Lord’s abiding presence” – Bishop Dermot Farrell Please see the below pastoral letter published this weekend by Bishop Dermot […]
Pope Francis on March 27, 2020, asked of the world the question Jesus asked of the apostles who cowered in fear in a storm-seized boat on the Sea of Galilee: “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” IN ST PETER’S SQUARE: #PopeFrancis here to impart Extraordinary Urbi et Orbi, with possibility of gaining plenary […]
Pope Francis on Saturday, March 28, 2020, prayed for families who find themselves in hunger as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. He expressed his concern for the hungry during his homily at Mass in Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican reported by Vatican News. “We’re beginning to see people who are hungry because they […]
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement on the Holy Father’s Urbi et Orbi message given on March 27, 2020 Archbishop Gomez’s full statement follows: “Along with my brother bishops of the United States, I am grateful for Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi message today. […]
First dedicated to Our Lady by King Richard II in 1381, England will once again be dedicated as the “Dowry of Mary” on Sunday, March 29. On Sunday 29 March at midday, Catholics and other Christians across England will take part in the “re-dedication” of the country to the Virgin Mary. The re-dedication has been […]
The presence of the coronavirus has already been recorded in Venezuela, with over 70 people so far testing positive for Covid-19. The country has already shut its borders and imposed an obligatory social quarantine since March 16. It is a situation that poses a great threat to a population that is already more vulnerable, given […]
“In these dark times of confinement I thought that Jesus Christ cannot be confined, I decided that your parish priest should pass with the Holy Sacrament in the parish territory”, said parish priest Fr. Eric Norbert Abekan parish of the Holy Family of Riviera 2 in the archdiocese of Abidjan. On Sunday, March 22, while […]
One diocese in Venezuela came up with an ingenious pastoral solution in response to having to close its church doors because of the coronavirus. Instead of people coming to the church to receive Holy Communion at Mass, the Bishop of San Cristóbal asked his priests to take the Blessed Sacrament to their church porches to […]
A church official has paid tribute to the country’s health workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that they are “the face of Jesus” to all the sick, according to CBCP News. Archbishop Socrates of Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan has taken to social media on Thursday to post a tribute to healthcare workers in the midst of […]
Curbing the panic, helping the weakest, building trust: these are the action plans put in place by Caritas India, at the forefront in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in India. This is what Fr. Paul Moonjely, executive director of Caritas India says to Agenzia Fides, remarking that, in this critical phase, the Catholic organization […]