hand and heart

The recent post office troubles have impacted our regular fundraising efforts. Please consider supporting the Register and Catholic journalism by using one of the methods below:

  • Donate online
  • Donate by e-transfer to accounting@catholicregister.org
  • Donate by telephone: 416-934-3410 ext. 406 or toll-free 1-855-441-4077 ext. 406
Subscribe to this RSS feed
March 6, 2020

Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Vatican City

Several visitors enter an empty security queue before visiting St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 4, 2020. Visitors and pilgrims to churches, museums and landmarks in Rome have sharply declined following an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in northern Italy.

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican health clinic was closed temporarily after a person tested positive for the coronavirus, the Vatican announced.

Published in International
March 5, 2020

Bethlehem holy sites to be closed after COVID-19 reported at hotel

A tourist wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus visits the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, March 5, 2020.

JERUSALEM -- The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem urged its faithful to cooperate with the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health, following its order March 5 to close all schools, universities, mosques and churches, including the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd's field.

Published in International
March 2, 2020

Lourdes shrine closes healing pools as precaution against coronavirus

A girl wearing a coronavirus-related protective face mask is pictured in London March 2, 2020.

ROME -- As the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in Europe continued to grow, the French Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes announced that pilgrims were still welcome, but the pools the sick bathe in hoping for healing would be closed temporarily.

Published in International
February 25, 2020

China closes places of worship in effort to contain COVID-19

Father Francis Xavier Nguyen Duc Dai distributes food to local people while wearing a protective mask in Son Loi, Vietnam, Feb. 25, 2020. The area has been quarantined due to the coronavirus.

YANGON, Myanmar -- The Chinese government has temporarily closed all of the country's places of worship in an effort to contain the COVID-19 respiratory coronavirus that has now killed almost 3,000 people, with more than 80,000 around the world verified with infections.

Published in International
Page 19 of 19