Headlines for March 18, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Lourdes shrine closes for the first time in its history
 147 US dioceses have suspended all public Masses
 Pope, in newspaper interview, encourages families to show concrete gestures of love
 Pope Francis prays for the elderly, preaches on forgiveness
 Forgive others to be forgiven, Pope says at audience
 Pontifical academy preparing document on ‘Coronavirus and Human Fraternity’
 Public Masses suspended in Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
 Italian bishop survives coronavirus, returns from hospital
 Canada’s psychiatrists: Refusing euthanasia for mentally ill is ‘discrimination’
 Leading Polish prelate calls for common nightly Rosary
 Congolese priest survives machete attack
 Leading Methodist ecumenist dies at 81
 7 coronavirus cases confirmed in 2 Queens parishes
 Vatican official: ‘We are going through the dark night of the soul’
 Maronite Patriarch weighs in on Lebanon’s economic crisis

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Sunday's Gospel, Mt 5:1-12a: When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.…

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