Category: c_news
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Episcopal priest gives ‘Last Rites’ by phone
A Connecticut man who died following a coronavirus diagnosis was given last rites by his pastor over the phone with his family listening in from quarantine. The delivery of last rites was made possible after a nurse at Norwalk Hospital agreed to assist. The nurse gathered the Rev. Peter Walsh of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church…
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An Irish Wake
Everyone is challenged in these Coronavirus times. We need to be responsible and follow the advice of medical experts. But we still need to have contact of some kind with others. Some places are in complete lockdown, in a lot of others “social-distancing” is the new normal. Here in Ireland nearly all church services except…
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Bishop of Brescia – Exercise your baptismal priesthood
The Roman Catholic bishop of Brescia, Italy, Peirantonio Tremolada, has called upon the lay faithful to exercise their baptismal priesthood given that chaplains and clergy have limited access to quarantined patients. The bishop has specifically asked doctors and nurses to take on an extra pastoral role in the diocese, which has suffered the majority of…
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Vatican Guidelines: Holy Week Liturgies
153-20 TRADUZIONI CORRETTO1
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Vatican ‘OKs’ general absolution
Via Vatican News Decree (In Italian) Decree (In English)
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Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople suspends liturgical services
In the United States divine services, including Divine Liturgies, can be celebrated in churches behind closed doors without any faithful present as in monasteries.