MANCHESTER, England -- Because of the lack of personal protective equipment, priests are being told to counsel dying COVID-19 patients by telephone rather than give them last rites.
Comment
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Robert Kinghorn: Taking care of the poor is an essential service
It was a different time and a different crisis, but in the…
Faith
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Pandemic is prime time for conversion, Pope Francis says in interview
VATICAN CITY -- The COVID-19 quarantines, lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are the…
Pope's Homily
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Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: Life is meant to serve others
VATICAN CITY -- With a small procession down the vast and empty…
Youth Speak News
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Campus pro-life group launches webinar series
The quarantine measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 have ground the…
Easter
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Our fears give way to the joy of Easter
The following is the Easter message from Richard Gagnon,…
Arts
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Good news still flows with group’s live-stream
In the early 1980s, Canadian music icon Anne Murray released her classic…
English bishops advising priests not to give last rites
MANCHESTER, England -- Because of the lack of personal protective equipment, priests are being told to counsel dying COVID-19 patients by telephone rather than give them last rites.
Ontario English Catholic teachers ratify deal
Ontario’s English Catholic teachers have ratified central terms of the agreement reached with the province last month that will put an end to labour unrest in the Catholic education system.
Editorial: We choose hope
It was wet and dreary in an empty St. Peter’s Square March 27 as Pope Francis bestowed on Rome and the world an extraordinary blessing in these extraordinary times. But...
Pope Francis sets up commission to study women deacons
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has established a new "Study Commission on the Female Diaconate" as a follow-up to a previous group that studied the history of women deacons in...
Speaking Out: Doing the right thing for God and country
Our lives have changed drastically in the past month. In late February, we received ashes to mark the beginning of another Lenten season; now, we are deprived of visiting Church...