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Pope will lead world shrines in rosary prayer for pandemic

May 26, 2020

Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pope will pray at the replica of the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens May 30, the eve of Pentecost, and will also be joined by several “men and women

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Livestreamed Masses

May 19, 2020

Livestreamed masses for the Archdiocese of Edmonton during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Seeds of priestly vocation grew in underground churches during Soviet regime

May 13, 2020

From underground to lockdown, Deacon Roman Kobyletskyy’s journey to the priesthood spans from worshipping in secret under a Communist regime to an ordination with only a few family and friends because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Deacon Kobyletskyy will be ordained on May 23 at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Edmonton. Crowd limits mean that

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Pope encourages people to rediscover the need for prayer

May 6, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is a “favorable time to rediscover the need for prayer in our lives; let us open the doors of our hearts to the love of God our father, who will listen to us,” Pope Francis said. At his weekly general audience May 6, the pope began a new series of audience talks

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In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism

May 4, 2020

In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the “creation of humans in the laboratory” as examples. The retired pope, 93, said: “Modern society is in the process of formulating an anti-Christian creed, and

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Catholics seek healing and comfort from Mother Mary in global time of crisis

May 1, 2020

It’s only natural that we turn to our mothers for healing and comfort. So it’s in that same outreach that Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith and bishops nationwide have consecrated Canada to the Blessed Virgin Mary on May 1, asking for her intercession with Christ to help the world weather the storms of the COVID-19 coronavirus

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Pope composes prayers for end of pandemic to be recited after rosary

April 25, 2020

Pope Francis asked Catholics to make a special effort in May to pray the rosary, knowing that by doing so they will be united with believers around the world asking for Mary’s intercession in stopping the coronavirus pandemic. “Contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary, our mother, will make us even more

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