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Archdiocese of Baltimore
April 5, 2020

The following guidelines, documents and recommendations are presented to provide assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Latest Update February 24, 2022 – Weekly COVID-19 Guidance February 17, 2022 – Weekly COVID-19 Guidance (Español) February 10, 2022 – Weekly COVID-19 Guidance January 27, 2022 – Weekly COVID-19 Guidance January 6, 2022 – COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Protocols […]

Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin, Italy, has announced a special live-stream exposition of the Shroud of Turin on Holy Saturday, April 11, at 5 p.m. local time in Turin. Archbishop Nosiglia said he had received "thousands and thousands" of messages asking for the shroud's display as Italy and the world battle the coronavirus. Archbishop Nosiglia is pictured in front of the shroud in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin in this April 18, 2015, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Copy of Archdiocese to livestream display Shroud of Turin on Holy Saturday

Tim Swift
April 5, 2020

With people forced to stay home, even during Holy Week, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishop of Turin has announced a special online exposition of the Shroud of Turin, which many believe is the burial cloth of Jesus.

Pope Francis holds palm fronds celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 5, 2020. The Mass was celebrated without the presence of the public as Italy battles the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope on Palm Sunday: Life, measured by love, is meant to serve others

Carol Glatz
April 5, 2020
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With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis began the first of a series of Holy Week liturgies celebrated without the presence of the faithful from the general public.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Palm Sunday – Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Livestreaming Mass

Archbishop William E. Lori
April 5, 2020
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Let us celebrate Jesus’ triumph by opening our hearts to him in humble praise – for Jesus suffered and died for the forgiveness of sin, not for his sins but for ours; Jesus suffered and died to establish a covenant of love in which we are united through the Eucharist with his heavenly Father and with one another in the Church.

Reliquaries are seen in front of a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Anthony's Chapel in Pittsburgh June 22, 2011. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will lead the nation in prayer at this time of the coronavirus on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. U.S. Catholics are invited to join him in praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus "to seek our Savior's healing and protection" at noon (EDT), 11 a.m. (CDT), 10 a.m. (MDT) and 9 a.m. (PDT). To participate and pray as one nation, go to https://lacatholics.org/sacred-heart or facebook.com/usccb. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

USCCB president calls for national moment of prayer on Good Friday

Catholic News Service
April 4, 2020
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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, April 10, to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart at noon (EDT).

This is a section of a painting by French artist Josse Lieferinxe of an outbreak of the plague. (CNS photo/courtesy The Walters Art Museum)

Catholic Church responded to plagues with penance, prayers

Carol Zimmermann
April 4, 2020
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Although the coronavirus pandemic brings to mind plagues from centuries ago, both with quarantines, fast-spreading diseases and deaths, there is one big difference on the spiritual side: Today’s pandemic is not, save but a lone voice or two, described as God’s punishment on humanity.

Deacon Willard Witherspoon distributes Communion during a 2016 Mass at St. Peter Claver Church in Baltimore. Those unable to partake of the Blessed Sacrament are encouraged to make an act of "spiritual communion." (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Spiritual communion helps connect Catholics to Christ

George P. Matysek Jr.
April 2, 2020
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“It’s a sincere prayer saying that you believe that Jesus is present in the holy sacrament,” Father Poston explained, “and you desire to receive him and love him. But since you can’t, you invite Jesus to come into your heart and soul and be with you.”

St. John Paul II greets throngs of Poles waiting for a glimpse of their native son at the monastery of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa during his 1979 trip to Poland. April 2, 2020, is the 15th anniversary of the pope's death in 2005. (CNS photo/Chris Niedenthal)

St. John Paul showed how to face suffering by embracing God, Mary

Carol Glatz
April 2, 2020
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Remembering St. John Paul II and the 15th anniversary of his death, Pope Francis encouraged people to pray for his intercession and trust in Divine Mercy, especially during these “difficult days” of the coronavirus pandemic.

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