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Palm Sunday liturgy, shown at Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus last year, is among those that will be shared online in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (CR file)

Fear itself

Archbishop William E. Lori
April 2, 2020
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So often in Scripture Jesus says to his followers and to us, “Be not afraid.” He’s not asking us to ignore our problems or neglect our loved ones or deny our feelings. He is inviting us to rise above our feelings of fear, to encounter the greatness and glory of God, and in a spirit of humility and contrition to open our hearts to him, perhaps as never before.

A chalice is seen at a Catholic church in Bangkok Nov. 12, 2019, ahead of Pope Francis' visit. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special "Mass in the Time of Pandemic" during the COVID-19 crisis. (CNS photo/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)

Vatican approves special ‘Mass in the Time of Pandemic’

Cindy Wooden
April 2, 2020
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The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special “Mass in the Time of Pandemic” to plead for God’s mercy and gift of strength in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

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 from the New England states at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome Nov. 4, 2019. He has advised U.S. bishops that administering the sacrament of reconciliation via cellphone is impermissible under church teaching. The issue has been in the spotlight as priests try to minister to the sick and dying in hospitals but cannot visit them amid the pandemic. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Archbishop Blair advises cellphones cannot be used to administer sacraments

Catholic News Service
April 1, 2020
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Administering the sacrament of reconciliation via cellphone is impermissible under church teaching, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship.

Tiffany Vega-Gibson is pictured not long before becoming ill with the coronavirus. (Tiffany Vega-Gibson)

No one is invincible: An unlikely coronavirus victim shares her story of struggle and survival

Robyn Barberry
April 1, 2020
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So many Americans believe that only the elderly and the immunocompromised are capable of contracting and becoming gravely ill from Covid-19.  I, too, believed I was invincible until I saw a social media post written by a high school classmate, Tiffany Vega-Gibson.

Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, coordinator of ministry to Mexican immigrants in the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., is seen in this undated photo. He died March 27, 2020, from complications related to the coronavirus. (CNS photo/courtesy The Tablet)

Priest who died from virus called ‘great missionary among us’

Catholic News Service
March 31, 2020
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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn March 28 announced the death of Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, 49, who died the evening before from COVID-19.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, March 31, 2020. The pope offered the Mass for those who are homeless, asking that they be helped, especially as communities have stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

As people are ordered to stay home, pope calls for help for homeless

Carol Glatz
March 31, 2020
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As national and local governments have been issuing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis asked people to pray for and assist those who are homeless.

Archbishop William E. Lori consecrates Chrism oil during the 2019 Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. (CR File)

Pastors plan different ways to celebrate Holy Week in time of coronavirus

Christopher Gunty
March 31, 2020
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Pastors around the Archdiocese of Baltimore are adapting to celebrating Mass without the presence of the faithful, but several admit that Holy Week this year will be very different as they adjust to continued restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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