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Catholic churches in a major Nigerian city suspended Masses May 15, as authorities sought to quell violent protests sparked by stoning death of a young woman and the detention of two suspects.
Published: May 13, 2021
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor
This recorded message was played at weekend Masses May 8-9.
I have two pieces of good news to share with you today. First, it looks like we have made enough progress against COVID-19 to allow us to now make mask-wearing optional during Mass in our churches, effective next weekend, May 15-16. It is optional, but still recommended, especially for those who are not yet fully vaccinated or are otherwise especially vulnerable to this virus.
This one-week delay is to give vaccine-hesitant people one more week to at least get their first shot, which I strongly encourage, for one’s own good and the good of others. Though we are setting aside the mask mandate during Mass for now, please pray that the incidence of the coronavirus will continue to diminish and no new return to mask-wearing be required. In a similar vein, reception of Communion on the tongue can now resume during Mass. This loosening of our protocols does not change
Letter #23, 2021, Tuesday, May 4: Pivot Letter #23, 2021, Tuesday, May 4: Pivot
On April 29, I received a note from the widow of my late friend,
Dmitry Khafizov. (
Dmitry died on April 21 in Kazan, Russia, at the age of 57.
He was well-known in Kazan and throughout Russia as a man who had spent many years researching the history of what is arguably the most venerated of all Russian icons: the Icon of the Blessed Mother of Kazan. This icon, found in Kazan in 1579, came to be called the “Protection of Russia.” It was venerated by Tsars and simple people for almost 350 years, but it was lost to the country just before the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, evidently stolen from a church where it was kept.
Venerable Carlo Acutis. / carloacutis.com.
Rome, Italy, May 3, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Catholic parishes across Italy and as far away as the Philippines celebrated what would have been the 30th birthday of Blessed Carlo Acutis on Monday.Acutis, w.