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Memorial Mass Recalls Those Lost to COVID-19, Offers Solace for Mourners

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By Beth Griffin BRONX, N.Y. (CNS) — As names of their loved ones lost to COVID-19 were read from the altar at St. John-Visitation Church,...

OCP Launches Program to Provide Personal Missals to Parishioners Amid Pandemic

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By Colleen Rowan WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) — Oregon Catholic Press has launched the Parishioner Personal Missal Program, offering members of parish communities the opportunity to...

Santa Fe Archdiocese Closes Churches for Indoor Worship amid New Mexico’s...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CNS) — Archbishop John C. Wester said a decision to close Catholic churches in the Santa Fe Archdiocese for indoor worship amid...

Bishops: Relief Will Help Many; Lack of Hyde Protections ‘nconscionable’

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By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law March 11 by President Joe Biden, will provide relief...

San Francisco archbishop examines abortion, Communion in pastoral letter

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SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics...

All Souls’ Day 2020 is Poignant Reminder of COVID-19

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The feast of All Souls’ Day -- November 2, when Catholics remember and pray for the dead, has weighted...

Priests Support ‘Spiritual Communion’ as COVID-19 Cases Spike Again

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By Chaz Muth LEWES, Del. (CNS) — When Father Brian S. Lewis celebrates Mass these days, it’s being filmed and uploaded to YouTube so that...

Nuncio points to dialogue as a step toward unity after pandemic

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The papal nuncio to the United States told the U.S. bishops that dialogue is a key step on the...

Washington cardinal leads worldwide rosary for end to COVID-19 pandemic

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By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory led a recitation of rosary May 17, imploring Mary to “entrust to her Son”...

‘We Want God,’ Oregon Protesters Say, Demanding Expanded Church Attendance

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By Ed Langlois SALEM, Ore. (CNS) — More than 400 flag-waving, rosary-toting demonstrators huddled outside the Oregon Capitol Nov. 28 to press against state coronavirus...
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