Latest Covid-19 News
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Covid-19: First Catholic Bishop dies of coronavirus
Mar 27, 2020
Ethiopia’s Apostolic Vicar, Bishop Angelo Moreschi, has died. He is the first Catholic Bishop to succumb to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Covid-19: Christians, Jews and Muslims join in prayer in Jerusalem
Mar 27, 2020
The Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land reflects on the significance of a common prayer raised to the Lord by believers of the three Abrahamic religions in the sacred city of Jerusalem.
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COVID-19: Decree regarding the celebration of the Easter Triduum
Mar 26, 2020
The Congregation for Divine Worship releases a Decree dated 25 March, updating “the general indications and suggestions already given to Bishops” in a previous decree from 19 March.
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Decree: In time of Covid-19 (II)
Mar 26, 2020
Considering the rapidly evolving situation of the Covid-19 pandemic and taking into account observations which have come from Episcopal Conferences, this Congregation now offers an update to the general indications and suggestions already given to Bishops in the preceding decree of 19 March 2020.
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Pope: The Our Father of the world’s Christians to ask for an end to the epidemic
Mar 26, 2020
The Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Conference of European Churches (KEK), the ecumenical association of Christian Churches of Europe participated in the initiative, proposed by Francis.
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Covid 19: People of Ireland consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Mar 26, 2020
The Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin consecrates Ireland and its people to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for protection against Covid-19.
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Vatican Decree intended to stop contagion, not prayer
Mar 26, 2020
In this interview, the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Archbishop Arthur Roche, explains the new Decree regarding the celebration of Easter liturgies during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Vatican’s coronavirus infection rises to four
Mar 26, 2020
The Holy See’s Press Office has confirmed four cases of the coronavirus, or Covid-19, cases in the Vatican. The Holy See’s Petrine ministry to the Universal Church is not interrupted.
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Coronavirus: Vulnerable populations at risk in South Sudan
Mar 26, 2020
South Sudan’s government has put measures into place to prevent the spread of Covid-19 but millions of displaced people are at heightened risk.
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The Pope’s prayer at noon
Mar 25, 2020
Pope Francis invites Christians across the world to join him and pray the ‘Our Father’ amid the global crisis triggered by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.