VATICAN CITY — On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on “the suffering and … Read More
Author Archives: Jessica Jacques
USCCB president calls for national moment of prayer on Good Friday
WASHINGTON — Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has invited U.S. Catholics to join him on Good Friday, … Read More
Googling ‘prayer’ has skyrocketed with coronavirus spread, expert says
ROME — Google searches for “prayer” have surged worldwide in step with the surge of emerging cases of COVID-19, according to a European researcher. The rising interest … Read More
Coronavirus draws prayers to saints who cared for plague victims
WASHINGTON — Saints can get a bad rap because sometimes people assume they lived in deep piety removed from the burdens of everyday life. But a quick … Read More
Even in perfect weather, sports fields are quiet because of pandemic
WILMINGTON, Del. — On a beautiful sunny spring afternoon in late March, the setting on the softball diamond at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, was just about … Read More
Pope moves Good Friday collection for Holy Land to September
VATICAN CITY — With Holy Week celebrations closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis postponed the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy … Read More
We carry this cross together
Pope Francis presided over an “extraordinary moment of prayer” last Friday, March 27. The outdoor service was held in an empty St. Peter’s Square, where dark skies … Read More
The vows that we make to ourselves
In the parish where I celebrate Mass there is a new crop of altar servers. The young children are, shall we say, varied in their serving abilities. … Read More
Holy Week liturgies to air from cathedral
ALLOUEZ — The Diocese of Green Bay has released a schedule of broadcast and livestream Masses to be celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral during Holy Week. … Read More
Catholics in Kenya grateful for religious furnishings donated by Antigo hospital
ANTIGO — Far from their once-grand home in the chapel of Langlade County Memorial Hospital in Antigo, religious furnishings and relics are again being used. Eight years … Read More
