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‘Dial-a-Mass’ service is a godsend for Catholics without internet

CNA Staff, May 8, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- A new “dial-a-Mass” service enabling Catholics with no internet connection to listen to Sunday Masses is proving a success, an English bishop has said.  Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough said that 100 people used the Mass-by-Phone service when it launched May 3.   Public Masses were… Read More »

Bishops: Our Lady of America not 'objective private revelation'

CNA Staff, May 7, 2020 / 11:50 am (CNA).- Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend said Thursday that the alleged visions and revelations known as “Our Lady of America” cannot be said to be of supernatural origin, and that public devotion to “Our Lady of America” is not permitted for Catholics. Sister Mary Ephrem… Read More »

Cardinal Pell 'surprised' by Royal Commission findings

CNA Staff, May 7, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- Cardinal George Pell has expressed his “surprise” at newly released findings of an Australian investigation, which concluded that the cardinal was aware of sexual abuse by clerics in the 1970s and 80s, and failed to act. In 2017, Australia’s Royal Commission released a report on sexual… Read More »

Public Masses to resume in Italy from May 18

Rome, Italy, May 7, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- Dioceses in Italy can resume the celebration of public Masses beginning Monday, May 18, under conditions issued Thursday by the head of Italy’s bishops and by government officials. The protocol for Mass and other liturgical celebrations states that churches must limit the number of people present… Read More »

Senior nurse says prayer life is essential during COVID-19 crisis

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 7, 2020 / 10:48 am (CNA).- A Catholic nurse said the coronavirus pandemic has presented challenges she has never encountered before—and that a prayer life is critical to get her through her shift. “If I don’t have my faith in me, I cannot give what I don’t have,” said Maria Arvonio,… Read More »

Guidelines for Returning to Public Liturgies

Masses are tentatively scheduled to resume on Saturday, May 16, at 4:00 p.m. Please read these directives, which list everything we have to do to have Mass again, adjusted Mass and confession times, and adoration. This is only a tentative date and can change should the Governor withdraw approval because of an increase in number… Read More »

Little Sisters make call for justice to Supreme Court

Washington D.C., May 6, 2020 / 12:08 pm (CNA).- During a week in which the Supreme Court heard arguments via telephone for the first time, the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor came back before the justices on Wednesday. The court decided to hold oral arguments via conference call as Washington, D.C., is… Read More »

Swiss Guards postpone swearing-in of new recruits due to coronavirus

Vatican City, May 6, 2020 / 11:47 am (CNA).- The annual swearing-in of new Swiss Guards, which would usually take place May 6, was moved to Oct. 4 because of the coronavirus. Instead, the Pontifical Swiss Guards marked Wednesday’s anniversary of the Sack of Rome with private, more muted celebrations, lacking the presence of guests… Read More »