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Bishop Moreschi becomes first known Catholic Bishop to die of coronavirus

Bishop Angelo Moreschi, an Italian Bishop and leader of Ethiopia’s Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella, a missionary region catering for about 25,000 Catholics has...

Pope Francis prays for families facing financial problems due to pandemic

“Let us pray today for those persons who are beginning to experience economic problems because of the pandemic, because they cannot work.” This was Pope Francis’...

Pope calls all Christians to pray Our Father together, March 25 at noon

Pope Francis on March 22 has invited all Christians of the globe to unite on March 25 at noon to pray the Our Father together — so that as the entire world is...

Italy: At least 10 priests have died of coronavirus, and 1 bishop is recovering

At least ten priests have died in Italy after contracting COVID-19. More than half of them were from the Diocese of Bergamo, a town outside of Milan in Lombardy. The...

Ghana’s Appiah Turkson calls for prayer amidst coronavirus crisis

Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has addressed a letter to the heads of Bishops’ conferences, Bishops in...

Video: How Jesus and Mary can be invoked against the deadly Coronavirus

In the days of St. John Bosco, he had a vision and in the vision he saw a ship on the sea. He saw two pillars or anchors: the Blessed Sacrament on one pillar and the...

Diocese of Rome cancels all public Masses, announces day of fasting and prayer

The Diocese of Rome has canceled all public Masses until April 3 in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement by the vicar general of the diocese, published...

Japan: Masses canceled due to increasing rate of Coronavirus cases

Some Dioceses in  Japan have put Masses on hold for several weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus which has become prevalent across the country. A policy in line with...

How to receive Holy Communion in your hand

There appears to be what could be described as an unending debate about whether it is appropriate to receive communion in the palm or not. Advocates of Communion on the...

No communion on tongue, handshakes at Mass; Bishops direct amidst spread of Coronavirus

Amidst the growing spread of Coronavirus worldwide, the Ghana Catholic Catholic Bishop’s Conference has issued a  directive encouraging the faithful in Ghana to...