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September 01, 2020

Mass return: Wisconsin dioceses lift Sunday dispensation

September 01, 2020

From this weekend, Catholics living in Wisconsin will once again be required to go to Mass on Sunday, provided they are healthy and not at risk for coronavirus.

Hong Kong cardinal warns priests to ‘watch your language’ in homilies

September 01, 2020

The leader of the Diocese of Hong Kong has written to all the clergy telling them to avoid politics in homilies and admonishing them for “offensive” and “provocative” preaching.

Cardinal Parolin stresses ‘spiritual consonance’ between Pope Francis and Benedict XVI

September 01, 2020

Cardinal Pietro Parolin has written an introduction to a book describing the continuity between Pope Francis and his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Abbot: monks are leaving historic Benedictine abbey in ‘very positive spirit’

September 01, 2020

The Downside community’s decision to leave their home for the past two centuries will allow members to focus on core monastic principles, the abbot said

Louisiana priests provide hurricane relief to parishes in need

September 01, 2020

Louisiana priests are now also providing essential hurricane relief to areas devastated by recent storm damage.

Catholic archbishop blocked at Belarus border calls for prayers

September 01, 2020

The archbishop of Minsk-Mogilev said the decision to refuse him entry to his homeland was 'absolutely incomprehensible' and contravened the law.

At-home abortions may become permanent option in England

September 01, 2020

Temporary measures allowing women in England who are up to ten weeks pregnant to take abortion pills at home may become permanent, a government minister has announced.

San Francisco archbishop calls on mayor to end ‘excessive limits’ on outdoor Mass

September 01, 2020

Archbishop Cordileone called on the city’s secular authorities to “at a minimum, remove the excessive limits on outdoor public worship.”