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Vatican City, Apr 28, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis has instituted a Vatican foundation to promote the thought and teachings of Venerable John Paul I, who was pope for 33 days in 1978. The John Paul I foundation was formally established with a papal rescript Feb. 17, according to the April 28 Vatican… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 28, 2020 / 07:30 am (CNA).- The beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, the former Primate of Poland who heroically resisted Communism, has been postponed because of the coronavirus. Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz said April 28 that the beatification would no longer take place as planned in Warsaw’s Piłsudski Square on June 7. "A… Read More »

Vatican City, Apr 28, 2020 / 03:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis prayed that Christians would respond to the lifting of lockdown restrictions with “prudence and obedience” as he celebrated Mass Tuesday. Speaking from the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his Vatican residence, April 28, he said: “At this time, when indications have been given… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 27, 2020 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation has asked the world’s bishops to report on how a landmark papal document acknowledging the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962 is being applied in their dioceses. Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 27, 2020 / 11:30 am (CNA).- The number of Catholics in South Korea increased by less than 50,000 in 2019, continuing a trend of slowing growth after a peak following the 2014 apostolic visit by Pope Francis to the country.  According to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, there are 5.91 million Catholics in… Read More »

Rome, Italy, Apr 27, 2020 / 09:30 am (CNA).- Italian students have organized a campaign to uplift and honor the elderly, who have suffered heavy losses in Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. Offering calls and video messages for elderly residents in isolation and a social media campaign to spread appreciation for seniors in their communities, the Catholic… Read More »

Vatican City, Apr 27, 2020 / 06:00 am (CNA).- The homeless “risk paying the heaviest price” amid the coronavirus crisis, Pope Francis has said in a message to street newspapers. In a statement dated April 21 but released by the Holy See press office April 27, the pope noted that the pandemic posed a dire threat… Read More »

Vatican City, Apr 27, 2020 / 05:00 am (CNA).- As much of the world remains under quarantine due to the coronavirus, Pope Francis prayed for artists who show others “the path of beauty” amid lockdown restrictions.  “We pray today for artists, who have this very great capacity for creativity … May the Lord give us… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Apr 26, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Boston has assembled groups of priests — living together in strategic locations close to hospitals— to administer the anointing of the sick to COVID-19 patients.  Father Tom Macdonald, vice-rector of St. John's Seminary in Boston, is one of the priests to have volunteered… Read More »

Lima, Peru, Apr 26, 2020 / 06:18 am (CNA).- An archbishop in Venezuela warned that desperation is growing in the country, as the national coronavirus quarantine measures have compounded a tenuous political and economic situation. He urged people in the country to resist violence and social unrest. Extreme hunger “does not reason or know rules,”… Read More »