Stories for March 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Tuesday, Mar. 31

 New York mayor threatens to shut down churches that continue services
 In Philadelphia, ‘Catholics can still find public Mass’
 Man has built 50 churches in Punjab over past 3 years
 Vatican postpones Good Friday collection for Holy Land
 Food denied to Christians, other non-Muslims in Karachi
 Indian bishop decries spraying of migrants with chemical disinfectant
 Boko Haram hits hard in Nigeria and Chad, threatens northern Cameroon
 4 aid workers for Christian organization released in Iraq, France says
 ‘What will happen will be catastrophic,’ Haitian religious superior predicts
 Holy See flies flags at half-staff
 Pope at Sunday Mass: ‘I am thinking of the people who are weeping’
 Caritas issues appeal for refugees on Lesbos
 Survey: 55% of US adults have prayed for an end to virus’s spread
 Cardinal Nichols: Obligation to Easter duties removed this year
 Cardinal Vicar of Rome hospitalized after testing positive for CO19
 Be ashamed of being a sinner but trust in God’s great mercy, Pope preaches

Released Monday, Mar. 30

 Texas bishop dissents from colleagues’ statement on health-care resources
 Italy: police cite Christians for prayer service during quarantine
 Economic concerns must not stop CO19 measures, Pope says
 Vatican issues document on water
 In Kerala, 7 priests, nuns, seminarians arrested for seminary Mass during lockdown
 Theme of Vatican Lenten sermon: ‘Standing by the Cross of Jesus was His Mother’
 6 Vatican employees, citizens have tested positive for CO19; Pope tests negative
 Angelus: Pope appeals for global ceasefire amid Covid pandemic
 England rededicated as Mary’s dowry
 Cologne cardinal opens seminary to the homeless
 ‘Refrain from visiting churches,’ Russian Orthodox patriarch tells faithful
 Cardinal Tagle calls on wealthy nations to forgive interest on international debt
 Philippine bishop alarmed over handling of CO19 cases
 In some parts of Africa’s most populous nation, streets deserted and Masses broadcast on TV
 Venezuela’s bishops encourage journalists to bear witness to the truth despite censorship
 Pope, at Mass, prays for those who are hungry because they have lost work
 ‘By His cross we have been healed and embraced’: Pope imparts extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing

Released Friday, Mar. 27

 Some US bishops lifting meatless-Friday requirement during Lent
 Georgian Orthodox decry attacks on public worship
 ‘Don’t assume CO19 is God’s punishment,” says Australian prelate
 Pope asks faithful to join in worldwide prayer today
 In Tamil Nadu, Hindu nationalists disrupt prayer meeting
 Churches exempt from Ohio’s stay-at-home order
 Canadian province’s funding of Catholic school upheld
 Catholic agencies: Move refugees from Greek camps to other EU nations to avoid pandemic disaster
 Worldwide decline in number of priests, seminarians, sisters; Catholic population continues to rise
 Nun murdered in Gabon
 Pope donates 30 respirators to fight CO19
 Cardinal Tagle on CO19: ‘We cannot wash our hands of our responsibility towards the poor’
 Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed due to CO19
 Leading Polish prelate entrusts nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary
 ‘It is the hour of contemplative life,’ Cardinal Ouellet tells Poor Clares
 At weekday Mass, Pope prays for those who are afraid, preaches on idolatry

Released Thursday, Mar. 26

 Mongolia’s first bishop dies at 101
 Italian missionary is first bishop to die of CO19
 Vermont bishop closes all churches
 New York bishops oppose marijuana legalization
 Cardinal Burke writes message on combating CO19
 Indian archbishop lauds Modi’s lockdown measure
 Portugal, Spain consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary
 Indianapolis archbishop: No requests for Confession unless one is in danger of death
 Leading Brazilian prelate rebukes nation’s president on CO19
 Italian priest at guesthouse where Pope Francis lives tests positive for CO19
 Catholic ethicists, lawyers sound alarm about rationing of scarce health resources
 ‘We are before a mystery’: Pope celebrates Mass of the Annunciation
 Miraculous crucifix moved to St. Peter’s Square
 12 dead in recent days at Xaverian Missionaries’ motherhouse
 Decree intended to stop contagion, not prayer, Vatican official says

Released Wednesday, Mar. 25

 Vatican approves new options for Extraordinary Form
 Abortion halt brings death toll down despite epidemic in Texas, Ohio
 Irish bishops consecrate country to Mary’s Immaculate Heart
 Pope leads worldwide prayer for protection
 New Vatican directives for Easter Triduum without congregations
 Connecticut archdiocese: no public Masses through April 30
 Russian Orthodox patriarch approves liturgical prayers against coronavirus
 Kerala priest arrested after celebrating funeral Mass
 Epidemic leads Coptic Orthodox patriarch to offer public daily reflection
 Egyptian court calls for annulment of monk’s death sentence
 Bells of all French churches to toll for 10 minutes
 Vatican’s daily paper suspends print edition
 World Council of Churches, Anglican leader welcome Pope’s call to pray the Lord’s Prayer together
 3 Brooklyn priests contract COVID-19
 All Catholic churches closed in England and Wales
 Pope, in new video, calls for prayer to end pandemic
 COVID-19 claims its first Polish priest
 Pope offers Mass for those who have died while serving the sick
 USCCB committee chairman recalls St. John Paul’s encyclical on human life

Released Tuesday, Mar. 24

 Pope issues message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations
 New Orleans archbishop tests positive for COVID-19
 Catholic Health Association praises Affordable Care Act on its 10th anniversary
 Kathleen McChesney to receive 2020 Laetare Medal
 First US clergy fatality from COVID-19 is a deacon in Washington
 Pontifical North American College sends all its seminarians home
 Texas, Ohio order clinics to halt abortion procedures amid coronavirus
 Louisiana’s Catholic governor invites others of join in day of prayer and fasting
 ‘Every man for himself’ is not a solution to pandemic, Pope says in interview
 Iranian cleric pleads with Pope to help end US sanctions
 At least 50 Italian priests dead from coronavirus
 Earthquake causes severe damage to Croatian cathedral
 Kenya’s Catholic president declares national day of prayer
 Sunday Masses suspended in Bolivia; civil elections to proceed
 Let us not miss Jesus as He passes by, Pope preaches at Sunday Mass
 Pope, at Mass, prays for those suffering economically from the pandemic

Released Monday, Mar. 23

 Vatican failing to act in investigation of former Minnesota archbishop
 Anglican ordinariate will join Confirmation with First Communion
 New York archdiocese: no public services for Holy Week
 Pittsburgh diocese closes newspaper, lays off entire staff
 Celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the 1st Argentine Mass suspended
 ‘Remain calm,’ Peruvian cardinal urges nation
 Bethlehem’s Holy Family Hospital at risk
 Pope announces extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing, calls for common recitation of the Our Father
 Receive Christ’s light and ‘become light,’ Pope says at Sunday Angelus address
 Papal journey to Malta postponed indefinitely
 Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities call for congressional aid to nonprofits
 Leading European bishops raise a common prayer to God
 Cardinal Cupich asks parishes to ring bells 5 times a day as a common call to prayer
 Brasilia cardinal transferred, becomes nation’s primate
 Theme of 2nd Vatican Lenten sermon: Mary during the public life of Jesus
 Cardinal Farrell: Now is the time to rediscover the Sacrament of Marriage
 New plenary indulgences are ‘a great mantle of mercy,’ Vatican cardinal says
 +Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk, 85
 Pope offers Mass for families confined to home

Released Friday, Mar. 20

 Vatican issues special guidelines for Easter celebrations
 Vatican cardinal urges religious to obey civil leaders on epidemic measures
 Iranian ayatollah asks Pope for help to lift sanctions, allow medical care
 Bolivia: Church suspends liturgy, but elections still scheduled
 September papal visit to Indonesia postponed
 Vatican: general absolution may be allowed during epidemic emergency
 Vatican: plenary indulgences for virus victims, caregivers, all who pray for them
 Vatican Tribunal hearings suspended
 Maine priests offer ‘drive-through’ confessions
 Buffalo Catholic hospital becomes 1st coronavirus hospital in New York
 UN women’s conference downplays abortion
 ‘A travesty of human rights’: New Zealand bishops lament new abortion law
 ‘Black Pope’ reflects on the Jesuits and Pope Francis’ vision
 No Mass, no offertory: Parish, diocesan, national collections take a hit
 Christian solidarity during coronavirus changes form but does not disappear, Ukrainian Catholic leader says
 ‘Do not be afraid,’ Pope says in new interview
 ‘We cannot stop serving those who need it most,’ Venezeualan cardinal says
 Kenyan cardinal warns against Gwata Ndai
 Cardinal issues appeal: ‘Do not forget Syria’
 Oklahoma senate passes bill to ban abortion once baby’s heartbeat is audible
 EU bishops’ commission discusses data protection, whistleblowers, security
 We entrust ourselves to St. Joseph’s intercession, Pope says in video message to Italian Catholics
 St. Joseph entered into God’s mystery, Pope preaches
 New Mexico bishop consecrates diocese to St. Joseph
 Lebanon: 2 Maronite Church buildings to hospitalize coronavirus patients
 Jerusalem on lockdown

Released Thursday, Mar. 19

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

Released Wednesday, Mar. 18

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

Released Tuesday, Mar. 17

 Over 10,000 Christians killed, 50 clerics kidnapped in Nigeria since 2015
 New complaint of Catholic Relief Services involvement in ‘reproductive health’ program
 Indian bishop will face trial on rape charge
 Notorious French ex-priest receives 5-year jail term
 Luxembourg cardinal is quarantined
 Half of US seminarians in Rome return home
 Couple assaulted for distributing Christian tracts in Tamil Nadu
 Vatican services for the poor continue despite coronavirus, papal almoner says
 Public Masses suspended in additional European nations
 El Salvador cardinal placed under quarantine
 Nuns, British embassy establish network to fight human trafficking in Ethiopia
 85 US dioceses suspend public Masses
 Leading Mexican bishops urge brother bishops to suspend Sunday Masses
 Reporting system to record abuse complaints against US bishops becomes operational
 Shrines in Israel remain open: no more than 10 people may visit at a time
 Pope, in weekday Mass, preaches on the indignation of the people of Nazareth
 ‘God is at our side in time of trouble,’ primate says in St. Patrick’s Day message

Released Monday, Mar. 16

 New law to regulate Vatican City court system
 US Catholic dioceses suspend Mass, grant dispensations
 Austrian bishops cancel assembly; Cardinal Schönborn remains as president
 Spanish bishops suspend public Masses
 European court rejects midwives’ appeal to avoid abortion
 French bishops suspend public Masses
 Papal secretary: priests should be on front lines against epidemic
 Philadelphia priest faces new trial after conviction overturned twice
 Canadian abuse victims irritated by bishops’ secrecy
 Baltimore Catholic layman at the forefront of US response to coronavirus
 Italian bishop hospitalized with coronavirus; priest dies of the disease
 With mortuaries full, Bergamo church opens doors to dozens of coffins
 ‘Born-Alive’ bill on its way to Wyoming governor; similar bill passes in Alabama House
 Do not abandon the faithful during the pandemic, Pope urges priests
 Scandinavia’s bishops, Lutheran leaders urge EU leaders to be open to refugees
 Saturday papal Mass offered for families
 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
 Pope leaves Vatican, prays before famed icon, miraculous crucifix for pandemic’s end
 USCCB: statements on coronavirus, prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
 Embattled prelate to lead new Nigerian diocese

Released Friday, Mar. 13

 Vatican officials meet, plan measures to counter coronavirus spread
 Papal almoner defies ban, opens Rome church
 Australian man arrested for threats against Cardinal Pell
 Rome diocese re-opens churches
 Iranian Christian describes government persecution of Protestants
 Size of Masses in Holy Land limited to 100 people
 Utah bishop suspends all public Masses
 Penalize consumers of prostitution to help end human trafficking, Vatican official advises
 Archdiocese of Washington, DC, suspends public Masses, closes Catholic schools
 Ohio, Raleigh, Lexington bishops waive Sunday obligation but do not cancel Masses
 New Zealand bishops’ committee calls for peace, prayer, dialogue on mosque shooting anniversary
 Colorado lawmakers approve Cabrini Day to replace Columbus Day
 Top anti-abuse expert sees Vatican focus on ‘new movements’
 Poland’s bishops dispense elderly from Mass attendance, call for additional Confession, adoration times
 Pope offers Mass for civil authorities, preaches on indifference
 In Cyprus, some Masses to be celebrated outdoors to comply with ban on large indoor gatherings
 USCCB statement: prayers for those affected by coronvirus, encouragement to lawmakers

Released Thursday, Mar. 12

 Survey shows low Mass attendance among Argentina’s Catholics
 Australian high court defers decision on Pell appeal
 Filipino bishops ridicule Duterte’s claim against Cardinal Tagle
 Precautions high as Singapore resumes Masses
 Bishop laments locust invasion in Horn of Africa
 Africa’s bishops issue message, prayer to combat coronavirus
 United Arab Emirates prelate mandates Communion in the hand, warns against panic
 Erdogan calls on religious minorities to support Turkish military operations in Syria
 God speaks to us in times of suffering, Pope writes in letter to people of northern Italy
 Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes announces Rosary novena in time of coronavirus
 Tennessee bishop sees Democratic Party as anti-science
 Stay at home, Malta’s leading prelate urges senior citizens
 Pope continues reflection on Beatitudes, addresses coronavirus victims, medical workers
 Kraków archbishop opens canonization process for St. John Paul II’s parents
 Pope offers Mass for the imprisoned, preaches on worldly vanity and the Cross
 Archdiocese of Seattle suspends all public Masses
 Texas bishop calls on priests to lead Eucharistic processions around parishes

Released Wednesday, Mar. 11

 Peruvian cardinal wants suppression of troubled lay movement
 New president of German bishops’ conference foresees women deacons
 Papal audience: the hunger for righteousness
 Australian high court hears Cardinal Pell’s appeal
 Australian bishop steps down after abuse accusation
 South Dakota priest convicted on 65 federal theft-related charges
 Illinois judge overrules county officials, permits splinter religious order to build boarding school, brewery
 Myanmar bishops cancel popular Way of the Cross, Lourdes devotions
 1 year after bombing, Sri Lankan cardinal is prepared to launch protests
 We are not destined to remain mired in poverty and corruption, DR Congo bishops tell nation
 Guinea-Bissau ‘could explode,’ missionary warns
 Padua prisoners prepare Pope’s Good Friday Via Crucis meditations
 More Catholic colleges closing because of coronavirus
 Pope Francis entrusts Rome, Italy, and the world to the Blessed Virgin Mary’s protection
 Vatican announces additional coronvirus-control measures
 Accompany healthcare workers and take Holy Communion to the sick, Pope Francis urges priests
 Increase the number of Sunday Masses, leading Polish prelate advises

Released Tuesday, Mar. 10

 St. Peter’s basilica closed
 Coronavirus preventive measures intensified inside Vatican City
 Washington court upholds restriction on sex offender’s church attendance
 Royal College of General Practitioners remains opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia
 Vatican Museums closed until April 3
 Head of Assyrian Church of the East resigns for health reasons
 3 Philippine bishops to lead peace negotiations with Communist rebels
 Fordham University suspends face-to-face instruction, cancels public events
 St. Patrick’s Day parades canceled in Boston, Dublin
 Jesuit editor reflects on ‘bodies and stories in the time of coronavirus’
 Pope resumes private audiences
 CRS reviews allegations that educational materials breach Church teaching
 Mexico City women’s march erupts into violence outside cathedral
 Local Christian leaders urge compliance with Bethlehem directives
 Pope offers livestreamed Mass for coronavirus victims

Released Monday, Mar. 9

 Cardinal Burke sees ‘troubling’ message in Querida Amazonia
 Vatican retracts announcement: central personnel office ‘only a proposal’
 Theme of 1st Vatican Lenten sermon: ‘Taking the axe to the root’
 Pakistani prelate declares week of fasting, prayer
 Mexican bishops back national women’s strike
 Iranian Protestant pastor sentenced to 5 years in prison
 Vatican issues message to laity on coronavirus
 Cycling charity rejects bikes from Knights of Columbus over ‘anti-LGBTQ+’ beliefs
 Survey shows decline in US Catholics’ concern about global Christian persecution
 Papal appeal for end to suffering in war-torn Syria
 Daily papal Mass to be livestreamed
 Diocese of Rome declares day of fasting; churches to remain open for private prayer
 In livestreamed Angelus address, Pope reflects on Jesus’ Transfiguration
 Pope prays for those affected by coronavirus
 Number of Vatican employees rose 14% over past decade
 Next Synod of Bishops to be devoted to synodality
 All public Masses in Italy suspended until April 3
 Minnesota’s capital city approves Abortion Providers Appreciation Day

Released Friday, Mar. 6

 New central personnel office created for Vatican
 Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Barbarin despite successful appeal
 Belgium’s euthanasia cases up 12.5% in 2019; 2,655 die
 Jerusalem archbishop exempts Catholics in some cities from Sunday Mass obligation
 Vatican mandates norms, guidelines, to fight abuse in lay movements
 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act becomes law in West Virginia
 Santa Fe archbishop mandates Communion in the hand
 Hallmark Channel scrubs pro-life film from awards show
 Holy water fonts emptied throughout Rome
 Vatican closes ancient catacombs because of coronavirus concerns
 Bishop weighs in on election, warns against Bernie Sanders’ socialism
 Christian man brutally murdered in Pakistan
 UN report on gender equality attacks religious freedom, Vatican diplomat warns
 Pope calls on China’s Catholics to achieve unity
 Bethlehem under quarantine; Nativity basilica closed
 1st positive case of coronavirus in Vatican City
 USCCB: Pray for pro-life outcome to ‘very important’ Supreme Court case

Released Thursday, Mar. 5

 Latin American bishops will petition for married priests, German cleric says
 In World Youth Day statement, Pope urges young to reach out to others
 Divided Supreme Court hears abortion case; Schumer remarks draw rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts
 Malaysia’s Christians pray, fast after government collapses
 USCCB initiative targets Sysco
 Catholic, other migration organizations urge Europe’s nations to accept refugee children from Greek islands
 Ethics of algorithms needed to avert devastation, Archbishop Paglia warns
 Vatican spokesman says Pope only has a cold; symptoms not related to ‘other pathologies’
 Vatican Lenten retreat master warns against idolatry, praises encouragement
 Sant’Egidio brokers peace talks in Senegal
 ‘Ecological conversion’ a common Lenten theme of Europe’s Catholic development agencies
 Barcelona cardinal elected president of Spanish Episcopal Conference
 Pope creates child protection task force to assist bishops’ conferences
 Report: Catholic Relief Services documents promote condom use in Africa
 Iraqi Kurdistan, citing coronavirus, halts all religious services
 Cardinal issues Lenten message for Knights, Dames of Holy Sepulchre

Released Wednesday, Mar. 4

 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped, released
 Chaldean patriarchate suspends Sunday Masses in Iraq
 Police remove cross from cemetery in India
 Nicaraguan government backers disrupt funeral of Father Cardenal
 Vatican issues annual appeal for Church in Holy Land
 Washington Post editorial rips Church ‘stonewalling’ on McCarrick case
 Study examines religious beliefs of law school professors
 New president of German bishops’ conference has lamented ‘the exclusion of women from ordained offices’
 3 associated with Rhode Island Catholic school test positive for coronavirus
 Bishops visit immigrant detention center
 Church in Eritrea protests government’s treatment of Ethiopian cardinal
 God’s vocational call comes as a surprise, Vatican’s Lenten retreat master preaches
 International Theological Commission publishes document on faith and the sacraments
 Romanian Orthodox priest appointed acting head of World Council of Churches
 Colombia’s Constitutional Court rules against legalizing abortion in first 16 weeks of pregnancy
 Russian constitution should define marriage as union of man and woman, Putin says
 ‘I haven’t received any responses’ to request to accept refugees, Vatican cardinal says
 Mexico’s bishops pledge cooperation with Vatican abuse investigation
 Catholic Relief Services suspends ‘all but the most mission-critical travel’
 Pope Francis invites the Church to celebrate ‘Laudato Si’ Week’
 Tennessee bishop criticizes Democratic Party

Released Tuesday, Mar. 3

 Canadian cardinal denounces euthanasia, promotes palliative care
 Togo puts archbishop under house arrest for questioning elections
 Theme of Pope’s Lenten retreat: Moses, an example of intimate friendship with God
 Justice Department sides with photographer who declines to photograph same-sex weddings
 Abortion clinics face critical test at Supreme Court
 Canada expanding euthanasia access to those not near death
 Hundreds of thousands forced to flee as Islamist attacks continue in Burkina Faso
 France temporarily closes its church in Rome after Vatican staff member tests positive for coronavirus
 Influential Jesuit editor reflects on coronavirus and the ‘antibodies of Catholicism’
 Pope weighs in on ethics and algorithms
 USCCB publishes fact sheet on Sinicization of Church
 Vatican opens archives on Pope Pius XII
 Vatican prelate touts IBM artificial intelligence initiative
 Top 2 Vatican sexual-abuse investigators sent to Mexico

Released Monday, Mar. 2

 Canadian hospice loses funding for refusal to offer assisted suicide
 Lourdes sanctuary closes pools, prompted by coronoavirus fears
 Church leaders ask UK to end 2-child welfare maximum
 Cardinal Zen replies to criticism, renews attack on Cardinal Parolin
 Cardinal Re raps Cardinal Zen’s opposition to China accord
 Man shot, killed inside California church
 Chinese officials closing churches that resist Patriotic Association
 British tribunal denies asylum to ‘disingenuous’ Iranian convert to Christianity
 Detroit parish founded in 1701 named a basilica
 +Father Ernesto Cardenal, 95
 25 Pakistani Christians in prison for blasphemy
 Cardinal Ruini, in new book, forcefully condemns abortion
 Archives will show greatness of Pius XII, Vatican foreign minister predicts
 Franciscan Order celebrates US greenhouse gas decline
 March papal prayer intention: Catholics in China
 Microsoft, IBM, FAO leaders join Archbishop Paglia in signing ‘Rome Call for AI Ethics’
 Papal appeal for prayer for those displaced by war
 ‘Satan breaks into people’s lives to tempt them,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Mexico’s bishops call for Communion in the hand in response to coronavirus
 Papal visit to Assisi rescheduled for November
 Pope to follow annual Lenten retreat from the Vatican
 US House rejects Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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