Headlines for March 19, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Public Masses suspended in all 50 states
 Pope highlights importance of Confession
 Pope urges Italy’s Catholics to pray Rosary together on March 19
 At weekday Mass, Pope prays for those who have died from coronavirus
 Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople suspends liturgical services
 Australian archbishop: keep Catholic schools open
 Turn this crisis into an opportunity, Vatican official urges priests
 Acts of public worship suspended in Catholic churches in England and Wales
 USCCB comes to defense of Catholic Relief Services
 Veteran pro-life Illinois Democrat ousted in primary
 Sri Lankan cardinal seeks probe into cause of COVID-19
 ‘No time for cheap heroism’: Slovakia’s bishops suspend public Masses
 Khartoum church attacked 4 times by extremists
 Catholic organizations call on DHS to remove barriers to immigrants’ healthcare access
 Medjugorje ‘seer’ says apparitions suspended
 ACLU sues ‘sanctuary cities for the unborn’
 Nuns declare worldwide day of prayer, solidarity for those affected by coronavirus
 Richmond bishop quarantines himself
 German bishop under quarantine

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Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest (USA)

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641). Camillus suffered an incurable wound in his foot, experienced the horrors of the Roman hospitals in the sixteenth century in which the nursing and other staff were drawn from the dregs of the population. He effected a great…

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