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Pope Francis is scheduled to visit six cities during his March 5-8 visit to Iraq. (CNS graphic/Todd Habiger, the Leaven)

World

Honoring suffering, building bridges: Papal trip to Iraq has dual focus

Cindy Wooden|Feb 18, 2021|6 Min Read

An Indigenous man receives the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from a municipal health worker in the Sustainable Development Reserve of Tupe in Manaus, Brazil, Feb. 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

World

Pope Francis urges Brazil's Christians to seek unity in battle against pandemic

Catholic News Agency|Feb 17, 2021|2 Min Read

Elizabeth Joseph, principal at St. Francis of Assisi School in Vista, Calif., is seen in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy The Southern Cross)

How PPP funding helped one parish weather the 2020 pandemic

Tom Tracy|Feb 17, 2021|6 Min Read

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez sprinkles holy water on people holding palm fronds during Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles in this April 13, 2014, file photo. As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its first full year, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments reminded bishops that the guidelines it issued last year for celebrating the Triduum and Easter liturgies would still be valid this year. (Victor Alemán)

Vatican reminds bishops of Holy Week guidelines during pandemic

Carol Glatz|Feb 17, 2021|4 Min Read

A priest hears confession inside the cathedral in Valencia, Spain, May 19, 2020. (Catholic News Service/Nacho Doce, Reuters)

Faith

How to make the most of your second pandemic Lent

Mike Aquilina|Feb 17, 2021|5 Min Read

Workers disinfect the interior of a mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease as students, wearing masks, continue to study in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2021. As part of COVID-19 precautions, the Iraqi government has ordered the closure of mosques and churches "until further notice." Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8 and has events planned in churches each day. (CNS photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, Reuters)

World

Iraq announces COVID-19 restrictions ahead of papal trip

Cindy Wooden|Feb 15, 2021|2 Min Read

Fr. Jim Wehner and seminarians from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans celebrate Mass along the route of the Endymion parade. (Courtesy of Notre Dame Seminary via CNA)

Faith

How these seminarians in New Orleans plan to celebrate Mardi Gras

Catholic News Agency|Feb 14, 2021|10 Min Read

Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron celebrates a Mass at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament for "the protection of the unborn" Jan. 23, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Valaurian Waller, Detroit Catholic)

General dispensation from Sunday Mass in Detroit Archdiocese expires March 13

Catholic News Service|Feb 10, 2021|4 Min Read

Pallbearers in San Felipe, Texas, carry the casket of Gregory Blanks, 50, Jan. 26, 2021, who died of the coronavirus disease. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)

Faith

After 11 months of 'giving up,' what is there left to give up this Lent?

Mark Pattison|Feb 10, 2021|6 Min Read

Students walk on the campus of the Marianist-run University of Dayton in Ohio during the fall 2020 semester. (CNS photo/courtesy University of Dayton)

Catholic college leaders review pandemic year, challenges ahead

Carol Zimmermann|Feb 9, 2021|4 Min Read

Osmar Magalhaes, 68, who suffers from COVID-19, is helped by his daughter Karoline Magalhaes at his home, where he set up his own emergency ward with air tanks due to lack of oxygen in the public health system, in Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 20, 2021. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

Pandemic shows need for new model of care for elderly, academy says

Carol Glatz|Feb 9, 2021|5 Min Read

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington at dawn Jan. 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Dioceses dispute conclusions, methods of AP report on pandemic funding

Tom Tracy|Feb 8, 2021|10 Min Read

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