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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Knights of Columbus offers short-term loans to help dioceses meet needs
dioceses with short-term financing to help them and their parishes “weather the financial impact of the pandemic.” “It is critical for us to support the Catholic Church in the United States at this time, so that the church can continue to provide irreplaceable spiritual and charitable support, and can keep the staff supporting its mission and outreach employed,” Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, said in a statement. According to a Knights news release, the lines of credit for dioceses “will have a very competitive interest rate equivalent to that of the one-year Treasury bill, plus 225 basis points (2.25%).” “The line of credit has a two-year term,” the release said. “At the end of that term, dioceses will have the option to convert the line of credit to a Knights of Columbus church loan, fully amortizing at the prevailing rate for a term selected by the borrower of five, 10 or 20 years — the same low-interest terms offered by the Knights’ existing and long-standing ChurchLoan program.” The Knights of Columbus said it has been “a key lender to parishes and dioceses for more than a century, and the ChurchLoan program remains a key source of financing for Catholic parishes and institutions.” The fraternal organization’s other responses to needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic include urging its members through their local and state councils to help supply food and other essentials to people in their parishes and the wider community and to participate in blood drives.
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Vatican releases pope’s pandemic-influenced plan for Holy Week, Easter
With public gatherings, including Masses, banned in Italy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Vatican published an updated version of Pope Francis’ schedule for Holy Week and Easter…
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Manila parishes to help transport medical frontliners
Manila’s Catholic Church is stepping up to make all its facilities available to medical frontliners including transportation services for them.
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Bishop alarmed over handling of Covid-19 cases in Albay
A Catholic bishop sought the national government’s action over the “alarming and disheartening” way of handling coronavirus cases in Albay province.
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Vatican does coronavirus testing, says Pope Francis does not have virus
The Vatican said Saturday Pope Francis does not have the coronavirus, and that recent testing of 170 Holy See employees for COVID-19 resulted in only one new case.
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Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi address on coronavirus pandemic
“When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening.
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COVID-19 is not God’s judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope F…
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Italian priest who died to Covid-19 was ‘father’ to OFWs
The Italian priest who sacrificed his life to save a younger coronavirus patient was a “father” to the Filipinos in Italy, a Catholic bishop said.
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As lockdown continues, faithful may send prayer requests online
Wondering where to request Mass intentions as lockdown continues in
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CBCP sets special day to honor medical frontliners
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines announced a “Day of Prayer” for the medical frontliners against coronavirus, as nine doctors have died from the disease.
