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Month: April 2020

Essay

St. Joseph: Man and Worker—A Letter to Working Men

April 30, 2020 David Michael Phelps 11

For many, the coronavirus lockdowns may feel less like a medical quarantine and more like an exile. But throughout history, exile has been seen as a divine catalyst for reflection, repentance, and renewed readiness. We […]

Features

Social media and spiritual dangers for Catholics today

April 30, 2020 Fr. Matthew MacDonald 15

One of the major box office hits in 1999 was the Wachowski Brothers’ film The Matrix. A famous scene in the film is when Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) offers Neo (Keanu Reeves) a choice between a […]

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News Briefs

NY archdiocese prays for repose of attempted arsonist after suicide

April 30, 2020 CNA Daily News 1

Denver Newsroom, Apr 30, 2020 / 06:32 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of New York has offered prayer for the repose of the soul of Marc Lamparello, who committed suicide earlier this month.

Lamparello had tried to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Apr… […]

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Catholic groups find shelter for Bolivian farm workers stranded in Chile

April 30, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2020 / 05:47 pm (CNA).- When Bolivia closed its borders March 25 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, hundreds of Bolivian seasonal farm workers in central Chile found themselves stranded.

With their seasonal work ended a… […]

The Dispatch

Experts offer a path to reopening churches, and the sacraments

April 30, 2020 Catholic News Agency 29

CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- As more Catholic dioceses begin to resume public Masses during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of theologians and medical experts has provided guidance for doing so […]

The Dispatch

The Idolatry of Eros and the Corporeality of God

April 30, 2020 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 9

I have been wondering for some time about how Christian teaching on matters sexual can be presented in more theologically substantial ways than “thou shalt not masturbate/fornicate/sodomize, etc.” Such an approach, however necessary as a […]

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News Briefs

Bishops will ‘consecrate’ the US and Canada to Mary. Here’s what that means

April 30, 2020 CNA Daily News 2

CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2020 / 02:23 pm (CNA).- The bishops of both the United States and Canada are set to consecrate their nations to Mary, Mother of the Church on May 1.

In fact, this will be a reconsecration, as both countries have been consecrated to … […]

The Dispatch

May is an opportune month for taking up the Rosary

April 30, 2020 Father Seán Connolly 5

May is my favorite month of the year. The blooming of spring flowers make it the most beautiful, while the happy occasions of first Holy Communions, May Crownings, and ordinations make it the most joyful. […]

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Monks of Norcia praying with ‘greater intensity’ during coronavirus

April 30, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Apr 30, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- In the central Italian countryside, at the edge of the Umbrian woods just outside Norcia, a group of Benedictine monks prays and works from well before the sun rises until it sets.

This much has not chang… […]

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Chinese government resumes removal of crosses from church buildings

April 30, 2020 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- As the Chinese government makes progress containing the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have resumed action to remove crosses from buildings and crackdown on religious practice.

The latest round of enforcement… […]

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