• Livestream: Fifth Sunday of Lent Mass with Bishop Matano

    Bishop Salvatore R. Matano will celebrate Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent at 11 a.m. March 29, 2020. 

  • Pope Francis gives extraordinary blessing

    The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God's judgment on humanity, but God's call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope...

    Pope Francis leads Benediction during a prayer service in the portico of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 27, 2020.

    Pope Francis leads Benediction during a prayer service in the portico of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 27, 2020. At the conclusion of the service the pope held the Eucharist as he gave an extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world). The service was livestreamed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo by Vatican Media)