Pope will not baptise infants on feast day this year

The choral cries of newborn babies will not fill the Sistine Chapel in 2021 because 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. The Vatican press office announced on 5th January that the pope would not do the baptisms on 10th January, but... Read More

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December 11, 2020

Virus halts Guadalupe processions, but not other ways to safely celebrate feast

In what would have been its 48th anniversary, the huge procession of drummers and dancers swirling through downtown Houston, Texas, in honour of the 12th December feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been cancelled because of the pandemic, organisers said. But individual churches will continue their local celebrations with matachines, who are parishioners performing dances dressed... Read More

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November 27, 2020

Mexican leaders: No pilgrims at basilica for Guadalupe feast

Mexican Church and civic officials have cancelled public feast celebrations for Mexico’s patroness at her shrine in Mexico City due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The celebration normally attracts 10 million pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the world’s most-visited Marian shrine. At a joint news conference, Mexico City Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes and Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum urged pilgrims to... Read More

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August 12, 2020

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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June 15, 2020

Eucharist heals, gives strength to serve others, pope says

The Eucharist heals people of their wounds, emptiness and sadness, and gives them the strength to share Christ’s loving mercy with others, Pope Francis said. The joy of the Lord can change lives, the pope said in his homily during Mass on 14th June, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. “This is... Read More

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January 2, 2020

‘A victory for women is a victory for humanity,’ pope says on Marian feast

The world will not know peace unless there is an end to violence against women, the exploitation of their bodies and the denial of their dignity, Pope Francis said on the feast of Mary, Mother of God. Celebrating Mass on 1st January for the feast day and the World Day of Peace, the pope said:... Read More

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August 15, 2019

Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says

Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and instead be drawn to God and his greatness, Pope Francis said. After reciting the Angelus prayer today, on the feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis also blessed thousands of rosaries that will be given... Read More

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December 19, 2018

Pope: God’s Christmas wish isn’t buying-frenzy, feast, but gift of self

Christmas will not be authentic if people get caught up in a frenzy of shopping, presents and meals, all while ignoring the poor and forgetting who the celebration is really all about, Pope Francis said. “If Christmas ends up as just a beautiful traditional holiday,” where everything revolves around “us and not him, it will... Read More

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March 6, 2018

Pope adds feast of Mary, Mother of the Church to universal calendar

Pope Francis has decreed that Latin-rite Catholics around the world will mark the feast of ‘the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church’ on the Monday after Pentecost each year. The Gospel reading for the feast, which technically is called a ‘memorial’, is John 19:25-31, which recounts how from the cross Jesus entrusted Mary to... Read More

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