A deserted St Peter's Square was the setting for a remarkable prayer service

The Diocese of Springfield permitted a nurse, rather than a priest, to conduct the physical anointing

The dioceses said Catholics who may find it difficult to obtain other foods are permitted to eat meat on the last two Fridays of Lent

“When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this.

Pope Francis invites the world's faithful to pray with him for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, and receive the benediction urbi et orbi.

All ceremonies will take place inside St Peter’s Basilica and without the presence of the public

Over the centuries, people have often prayed to St Corona while seeking her help in times of trouble

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Recently I got drawn into a Facebook discussion about how downtrodden women have been throughout the ages – always at the hands of the “male patriarchy”. There was much feminist fervour of a knee-jerk kind. When I mentioned that the Jews of the Old Testament, the original “patriarchs”, also included strong women throughout their history,