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Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa
Improbable Hagiographies: Bl. Villana de’ Botti
Colin Brazier
Green Choices and Family Planning
Ken Craycraft
Lenten Fits and Starts
Lucas Hollweg
Friday supper: Red mullet, leeks, lemon and saffron
Niall Gooch
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Leticia Ochoa Adams
Dancing in the Minefield
April 03, 2020
Coronavirus brings crackdown on house churches in China
April 03, 2020
Authorities are using efforts to control the pandemic to step up enforcement action against Christians who worship in house churches, insiders said
Googling ‘prayer’ has skyrocketed with coronavirus spread
April 03, 2020
Google searches for "prayer" have surged worldwide in step with the surge of emerging cases of COVID-19, according to a European researcher
Pope’s favorability ratings move up from their 2018 low
April 03, 2020
Pope Francis' favorability ratings among Americans of virtually all stripes are up from their low in 2018, according to a Pew report
Did Pope Francis really drop the ‘Vicar of Christ’ title?
April 03, 2020
The 2020 Annuario Pontificio lists it as a 'historic title', but Vatican press office director Matteo Bruni said 'there has been no suppression'
Cardinal Turkson brings rosaries to Rome hospital treating coronavirus patients
April 03, 2020
Cardinal Peter Turkson visited Rome’s largest hospital on Friday, encouraging staff and handing out rosaries blessed by Pope Francis
‘In the risen Jesus, life conquered death,’ Pope Francis says in Holy Week video
April 03, 2020
"In the silence of our cities, the Easter Gospel will resound," Pope Francis said
In Japan, Church finds 16 cases of child sex abuse
April 03, 2020
An investigation by the country's bishops found 16 cases of sexual abuse of minors by clerics, which occurred from the 1950s to 2010s
Bergamo bishop: In coronavirus, churches as mortuaries an ‘act of tenderness’
April 03, 2020
The use of churches “is an act of tenderness towards people who die alone and [whose] bodies are likely to remain piled up,” Bishop Francesco Beschi said
Vatican extends lockdown measures to Easter Monday
April 03, 2020
The Holy See has extended its lockdown measures until April 13
Cardinal Parolin says he hopes closed churches will reopen soon
April 03, 2020
The Vatican Secretary of State said that he hopes churches closed because of the coronavirus crisis will reopen “as soon as possible.”
Explainer: Why Cardinal Zen is criticising the WHO
April 03, 2020
The longtime China critic has been asking whether the WHO can be trusted
Pope Francis: Reflect on the seven sorrows of Mary, our Mother
April 03, 2020
“Today it will do us good to stop a little and think about the pain and sorrows of Our Lady. She is our mother.”
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