Vatican confirms Knoxville bishop’s decision to suspend reception of Communion on tongue
Suspension was designed to protect “the laity and our clergy,” said Bishop Stika
Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2020, is inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester. (CNS photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool via Reuters)
Bishops: Getting COVID-19 vaccine is ‘act of charity,’ supports the common good
Bishops say that connection to morally compromised cell lines is so remote and the public health situation is too grave to reject the vaccines.
Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 6, 2020. No pandemic and no kind of crisis can extinguish the light of Christ, the pope said to visitors gathered in the square. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
EDITORIAL: The light of Christ is stronger than any pandemic, any crisis
It has been an oppressive year. The COVID-19 pandemic has crowded into our lives, forcing us to rearrange how we do almost everything
Donors support schools, churches, ministries through #iGiveCatholic
The campaign is part of the national #GivingTuesday effort to support non-profits
Christ the King Parish volunteered at Room in the Inn on Wednesday, Dec. 9, hosted at St. Vincent de Paul Parish. Many congregations are unable to host or provide volunteers for this year's winter shelter program, and several parishes are working out of St. Vincent and the newly renovated Drexel House near Room in the Inn's main campus.
‘It’s not too late to volunteer’ for Room In The Inn
Many congregations have stepped back from hosting homeless guests this winter season, but the need is still great
The Sagrado Corazon Catholic Community celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 11, 2019 with festive dance, music, prayer, and Mass with Bishop J. Mark Spalding.
Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations downsize during pandemic
The feast is a religious devotion and a day of national pride for people from Mexico
Bishop J. Mark Spalding celebrated Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Clarksville on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, the Feast of the Immaculate Concemption, marking the end of the 175th Jubilee Year of the parish's founding. Bishop Spalding dedicates and consecrates the new altar with holy oil.
IC parishioners look to future as they close 175th jubilee year
Bishop Spalding celebrates Mass to close the jubilee year
Late Kentucky diocesan editor remembered for his talent, wit, faith
Tom Shaughnessy served as reporter and assistant editor of the Tennessee Register before taking post in Diocese of Lexington
Pope Francis kisses a figurine of the baby Jesus as he arrives to celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo. The pope will celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass with a small congregation, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Rome so people can get home without breaking Italy's 10 p.m. COVID-19 curfew. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Parishes add Masses, make adjustments to celebrate Christmas in the pandemic
Some parishes will celebrate five Masses on Christmas Eve, and some will require advance reservations to attend the liturgies.
Deacon Ed Jayme of St. Ignatius Church dies at 75
Bishop Spalding will celebrate funeral Mass at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at St. Ignatius
