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April 6, 2021

London police halt Good Friday service, say pandemic protocols violated

Police in London stand on the altar at Christ the King Polish church and halted a Good Friday service after a complaint that pandemic regulations were not being met. The parish claims police "brutally exceeded their powers."

LONDON -- Police halted a Good Friday service after a complaint that pandemic regulations were not being met, leading the parish priest to complain that officers had "brutally exceeded their powers."

Published in International
April 2, 2021

Cardinal, at Pope Francis' Good Friday service, decries divisions within church

Pope Francis lies prostrate as he leads the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion April 2, 2020, at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY -- As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.

Published in Faith
April 10, 2020

On Good Friday papal preacher reminds COVID-19 not divine punishment

Pope Francis prays as he leads the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion April 10, 2020, at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY -- The coronavirus is not some form of divine punishment but a tragic event that, like all suffering in one's life, is used by God to awaken humanity, said the preacher of the papal household.

Published in Faith
March 20, 2020

Toronto Good Friday procession cancelled in wake of COVID-19

The Good Friday procession through the streets of Toronto’s Little Italy has been a tradition since the 1950s.

The annual Good Friday procession through downtown Toronto streets is another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published in Canada
April 21, 2017

Indian bishops slam 'brutal' disruption of Good Friday service

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, secretary general of the Indian bishops' conference, released a statement condemning the disruption of a Good Friday service by local officials and police at a small parish in South India.

ROME, Italy – India's Catholic bishops have strongly condemned a violent police disruption of a Good Friday service at a small parish in the south of the country.

Published in International