Headlines for March 25, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

All Catholic churches closed in England and Wales

Vatican approves new options for Extraordinary Form

Pope leads worldwide prayer for protection

New Vatican directives for Easter Triduum without congregations

Pope, in new video, calls for prayer to end pandemic

Pope offers Mass for those who have died while serving the sick

Connecticut archdiocese: no public Masses through April 30

Kerala priest arrested after celebrating funeral Mass

Irish bishops consecrate country to Mary’s Immaculate Heart

Russian Orthodox patriarch approves liturgical prayers against coronavirus

Vatican’s daily paper suspends print edition

World Council of Churches, Anglican leader welcome Pope’s call to pray the Lord’s Prayer together

Abortion halt brings death toll down despite epidemic in Texas, Ohio

Egyptian court calls for annulment of monk’s death sentence

Bells of all French churches to toll for 10 minutes

3 Brooklyn priests contract COVID-19

Epidemic leads Coptic Orthodox patriarch to offer public daily reflection

COVID-19 claims its first Polish priest

USCCB committee chairman recalls St. John Paul’s encyclical on human life

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