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Stories for week of March 29, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 3

 Catholic University researcher offers royalty-free platform for CO19 vaccine
 Pope drops traditional titles, including ‘Vicar of Christ’
 USCCB leaders join in statement on health-care rationing during pandemic
 Vatican offers recommendations for Eastern Catholics’ paschal celebrations
 Distributing free masks is a way to love enemies, Pakistani archbishop says
 Turkish municipality to build waste management facility near Virgin Mary’s house
 Taiwan’s ambassador delivers aid to quarantined nuns in Rome
 Nigerian cardinal praises interreligious CO19 prayer initiative
 Northern Ireland’s bishops decry abortion regulations
 Situation in Venezuela is explosive, bishops warn
 Congolese cardinal criticizes nation’s president for postponing total lockdown
 Pax Christi urges President Trump to suspend sanctions against Iran, Syria, Gaza
 7th Holy See employee tests positive, Vatican announces
 Vatican Secretary of State calls for international solidarity, return to God
 Papal message for 500th anniversary of 1st Mass in Argentina
 Jihadists fly their flag in Mozambique—a ‘disgrace,’ bishop says
 Pope laments plight of homeless in Las Vegas
 At weekday Mass, Pope preaches on God’s election, promise, and covenant
 USCCB president to lead national recitation of Litany of Sacred Heart on Good Friday
 Knights of Columbus establishes $100M loan fund to assist dioceses

Released Thursday, Apr. 2

 Florida governor allows religious assemblies, Miami archbishop does not
 Compassion, fraternity are keys in annual Vatican greeting to Buddhists
 High court decision in Pell case due next week
 Cellphones not permitted in Confession, archbishop advises
 Citing religious freedom, Denver man files suit challenging state, city stay-at-home orders
 Judges block states from limiting access to abortions during CO19 pandemic
 As Wuhan restrictions ease, authorities forbid churches to reopen
 The Chinese Communist Party’s repression, lies, and corruption are responsible for CO19 global crisis Cardinal Bo charges
 Vatican issues votive Mass in time of pandemic, special prayer for Good Friday
 Pontifical academies say pandemic offers lessons for science, health policy
 April papal prayer intention: freedom from addiction
 Kenya’s bishops denounce police brutality in enforcing anti-virus measures
 In Nicaragua, government promotes gatherings, while bishops suspend processions
 Recommit to the European project and shun nationalism, leading EU cardinal says in CO19 statement
 CO19 crisis highlights ‘the spiritual emptiness of many people,’ Vatican cardinal says
 Pope Francis: ‘Trust in Divine Mercy and in St. John Paul II’s intercession’ in these difficult times
 ‘Remain in the Lord,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass

Released Wednesday, Apr. 1

 Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to US postponed
 Pope at audience: Christ offers ‘comfort in the midst of life’s tribulations’
 Ugandan priest arrested for celebrating Mass
 Leading Florida megachurch pastor arrested for violating rules amid virus outbreak
 Indian diocese offers its 140 Catholic schools to house CO19 patients
 ‘We will not stop,’ Economy of Francesco’s organizers pledge in message to the Pope
 Afghanistan’s only Catholic chapel closes because of CO19
 Leading African cardinal tests positive for CO19
 St. John Paul’s encyclical on human life is ‘medicine for our times,’ Denver archbishop says
 El Salvador bishops declare year of martyrs
 Mexican bishops declare national day of penance
 ‘We find ourselves in the epicenter of a crisis,’ Franciscan minister-general tells fellow friars
 Tennessee bishop asks all parishes to hold adoration throughout the day
 USCCB committee chairman praises, criticizes $2.2-trillion relief packgage
 ‘He Himself bore our sins,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass

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

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