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Pope Francis Gives Special Apostolic Blessing, "Urbi et Orbi", During Coronavirus Pandemic
On Friday, before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing, praying for the world during the coronavirus...
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“The war to be fought is against COVID-19,” Religious Leaders in Mauritius United
Religious leaders in Mauritius have come together to demonstrate their unity of purpose in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in their country and invited citizens in the Island...
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Stakeholders in CAR Consult to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 with 5 Confirmed Cases
With just five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Central African Republic (CAR), stakeholders of various institutions in the country, including Catholic Church leaders, held a meeting to consult on...
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“They call me a lepers’ Priest,” Irish SVD Cleric Ministering among Neglected in Ghana
Eighty-year-old Gladys Adobea, a survivor of leprosy has found home at Weija Leprosarium, a facility for people who have been cured of leprosy that is located about five miles from...
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Malian Bishop Vocal for Release of Colombian Nun Abducted in 2017 Transferred
Pope Francis has transferred Malian Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiama, a key figure in advocating for the release of a Colombian nun abducted in February 2017, from Mali’s Sikasso diocese to become the...
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“It's my 14th day in Kenya, I’ve no COVID-19 symptoms,” Priest Says, Faults Media Reports
The Kenyan priest, Fr. Richard Oduor who, according to government authorities in Kenya, tested positive for COVID-19 and got hospitalized days after returning from Italy has said that on the...
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Burkinabé Archbishop First African Catholic Prelate Known to Test Positive for COVID-19
The Archbishop emeritus of Burkina Faso’s Koupela Archdiocese, Séraphin François Rouamba has tested positive for COVID-19, the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (CEBN) has confirmed in a March...
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Call Centre Offering Psychological Support for COVID-19 Cases Functional in Ivory Coast
With 80 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Ivory Coast, a priest in the West African country has opened a call centre to offer psychological support to Ivorians weighed down by the emotional...
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Ghanaians Anchor National Prayer and Fasting Day on Thanksgiving and Repentance
Christians and Muslims in the West African nation of Ghana observed a day of prayer and fasting Wednesday, March 25 using a ten-point prayer guide that detailed specific prayers against...
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Analysis: The Sacramental Shutdown, Coronavirus, and Canon Law
The coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption around the world. To politics, economics, and to the life of the Church: most especially to the steady regularity of her sacramental life, which...
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Ethiopia’s Gambella Vicar Apostolic First Bishop Known to Die of COVID-19
The Vicar Apostolic of Ethiopia’s Gambella Vicariate, Bishop Angelo Moreschi has succumbed to COVID-19, the first known Catholic Prelate to die of the pandemic.
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Suspect in Murder of a Gabonese Nun Confesses Crime
A man suspected of physically assaulting, raping and murdering a Gabonese nun whose body was found on Friday, March 20 has confessed his crime, amid a public call for justice...
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Ghanaian Clergy, Religious, Seminarians in Rome Take “precautionary measures to stay safe”
With Italy ranked the world’s worst-hit country by COVID-19, the clergy, religious and seminarians who are natives of Ghana and based in the country’s capital, Rome have, in an interview...
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COVID-19 “an opportunity to reflect on the way we live, to convert”: Togolese Prelate
As countries around the world put in place measures to control the spread of COVID-19 including an appeal, sometimes enforced, for citizens to “stay at home,” a Catholic Prelate in...
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Dioceses in Africa Seek to Align Pastoral Guidelines with State Directives over COVID-19
With at least 2,455 cases of COVID-19 confirmed across not less than 43 countries in Africa, various Catholic dioceses on the continent have announced pastoral guidelines aligned with directives issued by their...
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South Sudan’s Juba Archdiocese Suspends Public Mass over COVID-19 in Neighboring Nations
In a keen adherence to the directives of South Sudan government to stop social gatherings as a measure to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in the East African country, which...
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Bishops in Zimbabwe “close all Catholic Churches for public services” Over COVID-19
With three confirmed COVID-19 cases and one related death in Zimbabwe, Catholic Bishops in the Southern African nation on Tuesday, March 24 resolved to close all Churches in the country,...
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Vatican Updates Guidelines for Holy Week Liturgies During Coronavirus
After dioceses throughout the world suspended public Masses amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Congregation for Divine Worship has updated its decree on Holy Week liturgies.
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Pope Francis: The Church’s Pro-life Message is More Relevant Than Ever
Pope Francis said Wednesday that the Church's pro-life message is more relevant than ever as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pope Francis Leads Christians in Global Our Father for God's Mercy Amid Coronavirus
Pope Francis Wednesday led Christians around the world in praying an Our Father to ask God’s mercy during the coronavirus pandemic, which is causing the suffering and death of many...
