The Covid-19 pandemic has forced Pope Francis to cancel his annual celebration of infant baptisms on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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I promised my husband we’d raise our daughter Jewish. Now I worry I’ve left her in limbo.
I don’t want my daughter to wonder whether she is half-Catholic and half-Jewish. I want her to feel complete.
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Sin is sad business. But in the confessional, we see God’s grace at work.
Listening to the lives of others, the confessor sees the work of the unseen Spirit. He sees saints in the making, holy ones in the flesh.
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Tomb of young Italian tech whiz opened for veneration
Before his death from leukemia in 2006, Acutis was an average teen with an above-average knack for computers. He put that knowledge to use by creating an online database of eucharistic miracles around the world.
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Quebec government limits churches to 50 people, 25 in riskier regions
Christian Dube, minister of health and social services, said that because of the spread of COVID-19, Quebec health authorities have had to “permanently adjust, regardless of the alert level” a previously adopted measure.
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Statistics illustrate progress in marriage tribunal reforms
Catholic bishops and diocesan tribunals are making steady progress in implementing Pope Francis’ reforms to make the annulment process quicker, but it is taking longer to achieve the pope’s goal of making the process less expensive for couples.
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Cardinal Sarah to bishops: Facilitate Mass in person as soon as conditions permit
Church services and Mass online cannot compare to or replace the in-person participation of the faithful, Cardinal Sarah told the world’s bishops.
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Report abuse heard about in confession or go to jail, says Australian state
A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years in jail.
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Mass at racetrack among offerings during Colombia’s monthslong lockdown
In Bogota, Columbia, a priest who was unable to celebrate Mass in his parish accepted a company’s invitation to conduct “a drive-in Mass” at an old racetrack.
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Mission work will be needed when churches reopen, cardinal says
Given the longevity of the pandemic, the church in Europe will have to deal with the urgency of keeping the faithful engaged in their faith, according to the archbishop of Luxembourg.