Headlines for March 16, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 US Catholic dioceses suspend Mass, grant dispensations
 Pope leaves Vatican, prays before famed icon, miraculous crucifix for pandemic’s end
 New law to regulate Vatican City court system
 Do not abandon the faithful during the pandemic, Pope urges priests
 Vatican Holy Week celebrations to take place without the presence of the faithful
 Sunday papal Mass offered for those serving the public
 In Sunday Angelus address, Pope reflects on Samaritan woman’s thirst for Christ
 Spanish bishops suspend public Masses
 French bishops suspend public Masses
 Papal secretary: priests should be on front lines against epidemic
 Saturday papal Mass offered for families
 European court rejects midwives’ appeal to avoid abortion
 Philadelphia priest faces new trial after conviction overturned twice
 Austrian bishops cancel assembly; Cardinal Schönborn remains as president
 Italian bishop hospitalized with coronavirus; priest dies of the disease
 Canadian abuse victims irritated by bishops’ secrecy
 ‘Born-Alive’ bill on its way to Wyoming governor; similar bill passes in Alabama House
 Scandinavia’s bishops, Lutheran leaders urge EU leaders to be open to refugees
 USCCB: statements on coronavirus, prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
 Baltimore Catholic layman at the forefront of US response to coronavirus
 With mortuaries full, Bergamo church opens doors to dozens of coffins
 Embattled prelate to lead new Nigerian diocese

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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