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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Pope Francis opens Holy Week amid COVID-19 pandemic, says now is time to serve
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis marked a surreal Palm Sunday (Apr 5) in an empty St Peter’s Basilica, urging people living through the COVID-19 pandemic not to be so concerned with what they lack but how they can ease the suffering of others. The service, kicking off Holy Week events leading to Easter, usually attracts tens of thousands
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
COVID-19: Holy Land custodian urges Israel to let Christian clerics celebrate Easter at Jesus’ tomb
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JERUSALEM: Easter celebrations should be permitted inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, even if only by a small number of clerics abiding by anti-coronavirus guidelines, a senior clergyman said on Wednesday (Apr 1). Reverend Francesco Patton, a Franciscan friar who is the custos of the Holy Land for the Roman Catholic church,
