Celebrating the Risen Christ!
Praying all our readers have a blessed Easter…
Social distancing is no stumbling block for Texas church’s Minecraft Easter egg hunt
RNS Last year, leaders at Tate Springs Baptist Church hid thousands of plastic Easter eggs on its back lawn in Arlington, Texas. This year, they plan to do the same. Except the eggs won’t be on the lawn. Instead, they’ll be in Minecraft. A preview of the National Esports Association’s Minecraft Eggstravaganza. PICTURE: Video screengrab […]
Under St Peter’s dome, Catholic charities help homeless stay safe from coronavirus
Vatican CityRNS While governments around the world enact strict measures to attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, people without a fixed home or living in extreme poverty remain stranded in deserted cities. “Right now, the homeless continue to be homeless,” Pope Francis said an interview with his biographer Austen Ivereigh published Wednesday by several […]
Postcards: The Last Supper in a digital age – setting a digital table that spans the whole globe
Writing from New York City where he is living under lockdown, MARCUS CHEONG writes about the Passover Seder he attended online earlier this week…
Civil rights: In global war on coronavirus, some fear collateral damage
LUKE BAKER, MATTHEW TOSTEVIN and DEVJYOT GHOSHAL, of Reuters, report on growing fears over civil rights around the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic…
PM Johnson up and walking in COVID-19 recovery as UK deaths near 9,000
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson was back on his feet in his recovery from COVID-19 on Friday as Britain recorded its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus pandemic, with 980 more deaths taking the country’s overall toll to nearly 9,000. The rise in deaths, which even exceeded the deadliest day reported so far in […]
Empty churches, food drive mark start of Easter weekend in coronavirus-hit US
New York City, USReuters As American Christians began Easter weekend under threat of the coronavirus, political leaders and health experts on Friday cautioned the faithful not to gather in churches or relax social distancing practices. Dr Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert and other health officials pointed to declining rates of coronavirus hospitalizations […]
Pope Francis shines a light on prisoners during Good Friday’s unusual Via Crucis
Vatican CityRNS It’s common knowledge that things don’t change quickly in the Vatican. But that was before the coronavirus. In Rome, the Via Crucis procession usually takes place late in the evening on Good Friday in the shadow of the Colosseum. Crowds of faithful would gather under the historic monument to meditate along with the […]