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Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, poses for a group photo July 26, 2020, after confirmations at San Felipe de Jesus Parish. A group of 13 Catholic youth received the sacrament of confirmation as parts of Texas were undergoing a hurricane threat amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/courtesy Bishop Daniel Flores, Diocese of Brownsville)

Faith

Neither a hurricane, nor a pandemic stopped this Texas confirmation

Rhina Guidos|Jul 27, 2020|2 Min Read

In this 2014 file photo, Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman's confession during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at the Verizon Center in Washington. (CNS photo/Leslie Kossoff)

Faith

Decline in confession called harmful to church's mission to spread Gospel

Gina Christian|Jul 8, 2020|4 Min Read

In a file photo, Pope Francis greets a disabled pilgrim during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 7, 2019. (Yara Nardi/Reuters/CNS via Crux)

Faith

Vatican says don’t deny disabled people the sacraments

Elise Ann Allen|Jun 25, 2020|7 Min Read

The Department of Justice seal is seen in the Great Hall at the Main Justice Building in Washington in this 2018 file photo. A debate continues on whether government-imposed restrictions on in-person religious services during pandemic violates religious liberties. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Church reopening debate revolves around religious freedom, public safety

Dennis Sadowski|May 29, 2020|7 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)

Catholic churches in Archdiocese of LA to reopen under phased plan

Pablo Kay|May 26, 2020|4 Min Read

Beatrice Anne Borman is seen during her baptism at St. James Church in Falls Church, Va., April 18, 2020. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Morgan Pino and Billy Borman were advised by their pediatrician to bring their newborn daughter from New York to Sterling, Va., and stay with Billy's parents. With most sacraments in the New York Archdiocese canceled, the couple "felt blessed" to have their baby baptized in the Arlington Diocese. (CNS photo/Zoey Maraist, Arlington Catholic Herald)

Faith

Panelists admit sacramental life is hard without the dimension of touch

Mark Pattison|May 21, 2020|5 Min Read

Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford, Conn., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine Worship, gives the homily as he concelebrates Mass with other U.S. bishops at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome Nov. 4, 2019. He sent a memo May 14, 2020, to fellow bishops offering links to resources for parishes to review as they prepare to offer the public celebration of Mass and the sacraments. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Archbishop refers dioceses to resources on public Mass, sacraments

Dennis Sadowski|May 18, 2020|3 Min Read

Chaplain Bill Simpson talks with a patient in the emergency room at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Okla, April 23, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Officials at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are assembling a team of priests to be trained for a ministry for patients sick with the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters)

Minnesota bishop assembles priest team for anointing COVID-19 patients

Dave Hrbacek|May 7, 2020|4 Min Read

A family in Pasadena, Calif., goes for a walk April 13, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. During the stay-at-home orders of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are developing creative methods to continue the religious education of their children. (CNS photo/Mario Anzuoni, Reuters)

Religious education continues in different format during pandemic

Carol Zimmermann|Apr 23, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates Mass April 17, 2020, in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope says living faith without sacraments, community is dangerous

Carol Glatz|Apr 17, 2020|4 Min Read

Clergymen lay their hands on men during their ordination Mass at St. Dominic's Church in Washington in 2014. Some dioceses are postponing priestly ordinations this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Some dioceses postpone priestly ordinations amid lockdown, others waiting

Tom Tracy|Apr 15, 2020|6 Min Read

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Hospital chaplains prepare for “tsunami” of COVID-19 patients

Matt Hadro|Mar 21, 2020|3 Min Read

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