Bishop warns over complacency as Ireland returns to public Mass

While Catholics across the Republic of Ireland are right to have a feeling of deep satisfaction over the resumption of public ceremonies, Covid complacency remains the enemy, the Bishop of Limerick has warned. Bishop Brendan Leahy urged the faithful not to allow such complacency to undo all of the good work of the past few... Read More

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May 2, 2021

Place Sunday Mass at the heart of your post-pandemic lives

As Covid-19 restrictions continue to ease, Catholics must prepare to return to churches and place Sunday Mass at the heart of their post-pandemic lives, the bishops of England and Wales have said. In a reflection on the post-pandemic recovery and the challenges faced by the Church, the bishops used their recent Spring plenary meeting to... Read More

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April 30, 2021

Irish government to lift ban on Mass attendance on 10th May

The Irish government said a Covid-19-related ban on Catholics attending Mass will be lifted on 10th May. Taoiseach Micheál Martin made the announcement in an address to the nation on 29th April as he revealed a new road map for the reopening of society. Public worship has been banned since 26th December amid increased cases – a move accepted... Read More

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April 20, 2021

Primate of All-Ireland calls new law criminalising Mass attendance ‘draconian’

The Primate of All-Ireland has warned the Irish government that moves to criminalise attendance at Mass as part of Covid-19 regulations is a “potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights”. “The precise provisions are unclear and at first reading appear to be draconian, going further than the restrictions we have been co-operating with... Read More

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April 20, 2021

Police fire tear gas into Haitian bishops’ Mass for freedom

A “Mass for the freedom of Haiti,” led by Haitian bishops, turned violent at the end when police fired tear gas into the church. The Miami Herald reported the 15th April Mass in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, included the nation’s 11 bishops and a packed crowd that overflowed into the streets. The Mass was part of a... Read More

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March 29, 2021

Suicide bomb attack disrupts Palm Sunday Mass at Indonesian cathedral

A suicide bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral compound shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people wounded. A destroyed motorbike and the body parts of a man and a woman were found after the bombers attacked the main gate of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral around 10:30am on 28th March, reported ucanews.com. “We were suspicious... Read More

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March 20, 2021

Vatican ends practice of priests celebrating Mass alone in St Peter’s

The Vatican is putting an end to the practice of priests going into St Peter’s Basilica early every morning to celebrate their own Mass at a side altar with just an altar server. Concelebrated Masses still are permitted, as are Masses in the chapels in the grotto of the basilica for pilgrim groups that arrive with a priest or... Read More

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March 18, 2021

Bishop leads Mass as city mourns much-loved nurse

Touching family tributes have been paid to nurse, mother and Cathedral steward Estrella Catalan, at her funeral Mass at St John the Baptist Catholic Cathedral in Norwich, writes Keith Morris. Estrella died on 5th February at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital where she worked as an emergency care nurse, after a month-long battle with... Read More

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