Quiapo Church elevated as ‘Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene’
The St. John the Baptist Parish or Quiapo Church has been elevated to the status of an archdiocesan shrine.
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Andrea Bocelli will livestream Easter concert from Milan cathedral
Famed Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli will livestream on Easter Sunday a solo concert from the Santa Maria Nascente Cathedral in Milan. The performer says he aims to send a message of hope, lov…
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CBCP: Easter spirit ‘alive’ in Filipinos’ sacrifice, service amid pandemic
The many people’s “heroic service and sacrifice” are concrete signs of the Easter spirit in the midst of the coronavirus
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Full text: Pope Francis’s Easter Vigil homily
“After the Sabbath” (Mt 28:1), the women went to the tomb. This is how the Gospel of this holy Vigil began: with the Sabbath.
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Be messengers of life amid death, says Pope Francis at Easter Vigil
Pope Francis urged Christians to be “messengers of life in a time of death” as he celebrated the Easter Vigil in a nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The significance of Holy Thursday
Because of the pandemic, we may not be able to attend the liturgical celebration of Holy Thursday which normally involves the celebration of the Chrism Mass in the morning (though this can be trans…
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At Via Crucis, Pope Francis prays for those serving the suffering
Pope Francis prayed for those who are serving the suffering as he presided at the Stations of the Cross in a deserted St. Peter’s Square on Good Friday evening.
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Full text: Pope Francis’ Holy Thursday Homily
In recent days, more than 60 have died here in Italy, in the care of the sick in hospitals, and also with doctors, nurses … They are “the saints next door,” priests who gave their lives by serving. A bishop said that the first thing he did, when he arrived in these mission posts, was to go to the cemetery, to the grave of the priests who lost their lives there, young, by the local plague [local diseases]. The country parish priests, who are parish priests of four, five, or seven villages in the mountains and go from one to the other, who know the people … Once, one told me that he knew the name of all the people of the villages.
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On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis recalls priests dying amid pandemic
Pope Francis recalled the priests who have lost their lives during the
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Melbourne cathedral vandalized after Cardinal Pell acquittal
St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne was vandalized overnight Wednesday, hours after Cardinal George Pell was acquitted by Australia’s High Court of a sexual abuse conviction and released fro…
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Team of young Chicago priests answer the call to anoint COVID-19 patients
The Archdiocese of Chicago has assembled a team of 24 priest volunteers— all under age 60, and without pre-existing medical conditions— to administer sacramental anointing of the sick to Catholics …
