Vatican City, Jan 24, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).- A Vatican archbishop urged Catholics to turn off their cell phones and open the Gospel instead as he celebrated Mass marking the Sunday of the Word of God.
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pont.
CNA Staff, Jan 20, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- The Vatican began on Wednesday vaccinating homeless people in its care against COVID-19.
The Holy See press office said on Jan. 20 that an initial group of around 25 homeless people had received the first dos.
Vatican City, Oct 22, 2019 / 02:10 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Christoph Schönborn explained Monday that the final document at the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon will be written principally by a team chaired by the synod’s Relator General, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes.
“The word ‘drafting committee’ is not very clear, in fact, the drafts are from the principal relator and his team. The role of the drafting committee is to give immediate approval of the work the relators do. So we, the drafting committee, don’t write the text,” the Austrian archbishop said at a press conference held October 21 in the Vatican press room.
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Pope Francis reaches out to grab a baseball thrown by someone in the crowd as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican Sept. 24. The pope gave a sign it was okay for the ball to be thrown, then leapt and almost caught a slightly high throw. The ball was picked up by Domenico Giani, the pope s lead bodyguard, center. The pope signed the ball, which according to a YouTube video was thrown by a member of the Koeppel family from St. Edward s Church in Palm Beach, Fla., in the hope of raising money for their parish. (Credit: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA.)
For weddings and baptisms, only a limited number of people were allowed.
When the quarantine restrictions were eased, churches could only allow the faithful to fill 30 percent of its capacity.
Senior citizen were not allowed inside church premises.
For Simbang Gabi and the midnight Christmas Eve Mass, people practiced health protocols wore face masks, face shields and kept a social distance.
Sunday Holy Masses were held online.
Religious activities were put on hold in 2020, with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdowns and quarantine restrictions closing church doors and cancelling traditional religious rites.
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Among those cancelled were the Holy Week ceremonies, Feast Day procession of the Our Lady of La Naval in Quezon City last October, and the Grand Marian procession in Intramuros held early December.