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Good Friday prayer offers U.S. Catholics ‘moment of unity’ amid pandemic
Archbishop Jose Gomez will lead Catholics in praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart at noon Friday, April 10 -- see the links to the prayer service from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.
Watch Easter Sunday Mass today from Cathedral
Archbishop Nelson Perez will be the celebrant for the Easter Sunday Mass on April 12 at 11 a.m., livestreamed from the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul and broadcast live on WHYY TV channel 12.
Knights of Columbus will provide funding, volunteers to help food banks
The fraternal organization is launching a multimillion-dollar food drive and delivery operation to support the nation's food banks as the coronavirus pandemic has forced people out of work for weeks.
U.S. bishops cancel general assembly planned for June
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has cancelled a general meeting. Even if the pandemic restrictions are lifted by June, bishops said they needed to be in their dioceses with their people.
Some Catholics’ call for public Easter Masses is too risky
A group of Catholics wrote an open letter, titled "We are an Easter people," urging church leaders to defy rules on public gatherings during the pandemic. The letter is dangerous, divisive, selfish and irresponsible, argues an editorial.
‘Steadfast’: A word for this strangest of seasons
The coronavirus pandemic, amid a Lent like no other, has revealed the divine diligence of archdiocesan workers caring for society's most vulnerable, writes Gina Christian.
Catholics urged to enter ‘very heart’ of faith while at home
The Ukrainian bishops of America, including Philadelphia's Metropolitan Archbishop Gudziak, encourage the faithful "to turn to the church’s treasury of prayer," individually or as a family, at home this Holy Week and Easter.
A prayer for healing and end to pandemic
From the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Philadelphia and the Ukrainian bishops in America comes "A Holy Week Prayer for Healing From the Coronavirus."
Pandemic is prime time for conversion of people, governments, pope says
The present uncertainty is also a time for change of heart, and for a future of creativity, Pope Francis said. Once the pandemic is past, people must not "file it away and go back to where we were."
Largest city in Ecuador overwhelmed by COVID-19
As people die at home and bodies are wrapped lovingly on the streets of Guayaquil, observers are linking travel to Europe and inadequate preparation for the rising number of coronavirus cases and deaths.