Covid-19 forces Knock shrine to close on Feast of Assumption

The Marian shrine at Knock has announced that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the 15th August feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway. ‘Fr Richard Gibbons, rector at Knock, has appealed... Read More

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April 7, 2020

Covid-19 does what war couldn’t: churches closed in Syria, nuncio says

Cardinal Mario Zenari, the nuncio to Syria, said he is raising special prayers these days to Ss Cosmas and Damian, fourth-century physicians who offered free care for the sick in Syria. As the Syrian civil war enters its 10th year, still sowing death and destruction, the danger is extremely high of the coronavirus pandemic spreading... Read More

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March 10, 2020

Coronavirus emergency measures see Vatican close St Peter’s Square and Basilica to tourists until April

In co-operation with Italian emergency measures, the Vatican has closed St Peter’s Square and Basilica to tourists starting from today, 10th March through to 3rd April. The new measure, announced today, was the latest move by the Vatican to help stop the spread of the coronavirus by reducing access to places that attract large groups... Read More

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January 24, 2019

Italy says it’s closing refugee centre where pope celebrated Mass

Christian leaders, local government officials and humanitarian organisations raised a cry in late January after Italy’s anti-immigration interior minister ordered the closure of the Centre for Asylum Seekers where Pope Francis celebrated Holy Thursday Mass in 2016 and washed the feet of refugees. The first 30 asylum-seekers were transferred from the center at Castelnuovo di... Read More

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February 26, 2018

Mideast Christian leaders shut Church of the Holy Sepulcher to protest taxes

Protesting several recent actions they described as a “systematic campaign…against the churches and the Christian community in the Holy Land,” the heads of Christian churches announced on 25th February they were closing of the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for an undisclosed period of time. Bewildered pilgrims milled around the square in... Read More

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