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In this file photo taken on May 18, 2019, Matteo Salvini holds a rosary as he gives his speech during a rally organized with leaders of other European nationalist parties, ahead of the May 23-26 European Parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy. (Luca Bruno/AP via Crux)

As Pope opens Holy Week under lockdown, debate swirls around Easter

John L. Allen Jr.|Apr 6, 2020|5 Min Read

"The Resurrection" is depicted in a 15th-century painting by Italian painter Andrea Mantegna. (CNS photo/Bridgeman Images)

‘Our churches may be closed, but Christ is not quarantined’

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Apr 4, 2020|6 Min Read

Fr. Raymont Medina, priest secretary to Archbishop Gomez, lights a candle in support of medical workers and their families along the edge of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels plaza overlooking the 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. (Sarah Yaklic)

‘Nuestras iglesias pueden estar cerradas, pero Cristo no está en cuarentena’

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Apr 4, 2020|6 Min Read

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A viral community

Russell Shaw|Mar 29, 2020|3 Min Read

St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is seen after the closure of the basilica to tourists March 10, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 27, 2020|2 Min Read

Faithful attend Mass at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church ("La Placita") near downtown LA March 16, 2020. The liturgy was the parish's final public Mass before the suspension of public Masses in the Archdiocese went into effect the next day. (David Amador Rivera)

LA Archdiocese announces closure of churches to help stem spread of coronavirus

Angelus Staff|Mar 24, 2020|4 Min Read

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus livestreamed from the library of the Apostolic Palace March 22, 2020. The pope announced he will give an extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27 in an "empty" St. Peter's Square because all of Italy is on lockdown to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope announces extraordinary 'urbi et orbi' blessing March 27

Cindy Wooden|Mar 23, 2020|2 Min Read

Young people hold candles during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn., April 4, 2015. (CNS photo/Bob Mullen)

Vatican issues decree for Holy Week liturgies with pandemic restrictions

Cindy Wooden|Mar 20, 2020|3 Min Read

Father Greg Apparcel in St. Peter's Square in Rome.

LA priest in Rome: ‘We will come out of this’

Mike Nelson|Mar 19, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis walks past flowers as he celebrates the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 21, 2019. Easter at home is an "opportunity for faith," Cardinal Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said March 17, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Easter at home is an 'opportunity for faith,' Vatican official says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 18, 2020|3 Min Read

This year is leap year and so February 2020 has 29 days. The extra day we get approximately once every four years is a way to adapt the calendar year to the astronomical year. The present system of calculating the leap years was designed around fixing the date of Easter. (CNS photo/Rosanna Aguilera, San Angelo Standard-Times via Reuters)

Faith

Leap year's extra day has a Catholic origin

Catholic News Service|Feb 24, 2020|3 Min Read

People light oil lamps outside St. Sebastian Church in Negombo

World

Vatican official: Easter attacks were an act against all of Sri Lanka

Catholic News Service|May 23, 2019|3 Min Read

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