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Pope moves Good Friday collection for Holy Land to September

Thursday, April 2, 2020020 With Holy Week celebrations closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis postponed the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy Land to...

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Vatican approves special 'Mass in the Time of Pandemic'

Wednesday, April 1, 2020057 The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special "Mass in the Time of Pandemic" to plead for God's mercy and gift of strength in the midst...

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Pope offers Mass for those living in fear of pandemic

Monday, March 30, 2020064 Pope Francis offered his daily morning Mass for those who find themselves living in fear of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world.

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Vatican confirms pope does not have COVID-19

Saturday, March 28, 2020019 Neither Pope Francis nor any of his closest collaborators have the COVID-19 virus, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.

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COVID-19 is not God's judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says

Friday, March 27, 20200103 The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God's judgment on humanity, but God's call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly...

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Vatican releases pope's pandemic-influenced plan for Holy Week, Easter

Friday, March 27, 20200130 With public gatherings, including Masses, banned in Italy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Vatican published an updated version of Pope Francis' schedule...

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Pope thanks those who help, pray for vulnerable during pandemic

Friday, March 27, 2020020 Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the many men and women who have been inspired to help the poor and accompany the sick and the elderly during the coronavirus...

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What is a plenary indulgence?

Thursday, March 26, 20200113 Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the faithful who watch or listen to his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6...

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Dallas bishops join Pope Francis, Christian leaders in prayer for pandemic's end

Wednesday, March 25, 2020040 Bishop Edward J. Burns and Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly asked Christians throughout North Texas to join the 1.3 million Catholics in the Diocese of Dallas in praying the...

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Pope encourages Catholics to contemplate 'seven sorrows' of Mary