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Scottish bishops disturbed by criminalisation of Mass attendance in Ireland

April 28, 2021

"Recent developments that penalise the celebration of Holy Mass have been disturbing not only to the Irish Bishops’ Conference but also to the Bishops of Scotland," says Bishop Hugh Gilbert, President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland. "We all recognise the need for restrictions to protect the common good of all people in a pandemic but to enact legislation that criminalises those who gather to celebrate Holy Mass is indeed extreme and unjust."

Pope Francis prays for victims of tragedies in Caribbean, Iraq, and the Mediterranean Sea

April 25, 2021

Pope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness and offers prayers for victims of tragedies in Iraq; the Mediterranean; and the the Caribbean island nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as New Wave of Covid-19 Hits Brazil

April 16, 2021

According to Deacon Francisco Salvador Pontes Filho, president of the National Commission of Deacons, the number of permanent deacons who died between January 1st and April 10 is almost reaching the total number of deaths reported in 2020.

Colorado bishops to restore Sunday Mass obligation on Pentecost

April 12, 2021

A joint statement from the bishops of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo on April 6 announced that the Sunday and Holy Day Mass obligation will be restored on Pentecost, May 23.

One year later: How D.C. Catholic Charities is serving the most vulnerable during COVID-19

April 06, 2021

Food insecurity has been an ongoing issue in the region and around the country; the number of families receiving weekly meals at Catholic Charities increased tenfold during the pandemic. Fr. John Enzler, president and CEO at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. told CNA that a looming eviction crisis will soon become a massive problem.

‘Let us set ourselves to know the Lord.’

April 03, 2021

"Having celebrated so many ceremonies in an empty Westminster Cathedral, often with heart heavy at the strangeness of it all," writes Cardinal Vincent Nichols in his Easter reflection for Catholic Herald readers, "I so look forward to those gatherings of the Church which affirm and give life to us all."

Philippine president threatens to close Catholic churches that hold public Masses

March 25, 2021

In an attempt to combat a surge in coronavirus infections, new government restrictions have banned public meetings, including religious gatherings.

Scotland’s Top Court Declares Worship Ban Unlawful

March 24, 2021

Aidan O’Neill QC, who represented Canon White in the action, said, “[The blanket ban] has a fundamental chilling impact on worship and belief. It requires people in good conscience to choose between God and Caesar.” He called it “an extraordinary abuse of the state’s power,” and welcomed the judges' decision in the matter.