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Churches Mark Good Friday Via Livestream As COVID-19 Disrupts Services
Amid a global pandemic and social distancing orders, Christians around the world observed Good Friday safe from their homes.
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Christians connect online with virtual Good Friday, Easter services from San Fernando Valley churches
Christians will gather alone or with their families at home for Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter services this year to watch services streaming virtually thanks to San Fernando Valley area churches.
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L.A. Archbishop leads national moment of prayer asking for end of coronavirus pandemic
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez led a National Prayer of the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Good Friday to ask for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
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As Easter nears, LA auxiliary bishops reflect on faith in the time of the coronavirus
The image of the Holy Father, walking alone, issuing the “urbi et orbi” blessing two weeks ago, hit home for Bishop Alex Aclan. “The plaza behind him that is usually filled with people completely empty; rain pouring down copiously like tears from heaven — a fitting image of how a lot of us are feeling at the moment. Alone. Isolated. Dejected.”
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Archbishop Gomez and US Catholics look to the Sacred Heart in Good Friday litany
Isolated in their homes on a Good Friday unlike any other, Catholics across America tuned in April 10 for a litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, led by the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, who himself stood nearly alone in a cathedral built to welcome thousands.
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LA Archdiocese’s Hearts to Serve seeking volunteers during coronavirus emergency
Volunteers are needed for the Hearts to Serve ministry, launched in late March by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles as a response to the growing coronavirus emergency.
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“Debemos mantener la fe”: Padre Allan Figueroa sobre la Semana Santa en medio de la pandemia del coronavirus
El sacerdote jesuita hace un llamado a todos los feligreses para que aprovechen estos días para acercarse a sus familias, compartir con ellas y no olvidas que “Dios está cerca de los afligidos”. Además, pide a los padres de familia a que no dejen a un lado las tradiciones religiosas en los hogares.
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“Es triste celebrar la misa a solas”: padre Juan Ochoa sobre cómo se vive la Semana Santa por el coronavirus
El sacerdote pide a los creyentes hacer una comunión espiritual, orar y, por supuesto, seguir las órdenes de las autoridades de quedarse en casa durante esta emergencia. Ochoa asegura que una bendición es válida tanto en persona como a través de la televisión.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ CALLS FOR NATIONAL MOMENT OF PRAYER ON GOOD FRIDAY
On Good Friday (April 10) at 9 a.m. PST Archbishop José H. Gomez will lead a National Prayer of the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus …
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US Catholics invited to pray Litany of the Sacred Heart on Good Friday amid pandemic
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles will lead the nation’s Catholics in praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart on Good Friday to “seek healing for all those who are unwell, wisdom for those whose work in halting the spread of the coronavirus, and strength for all God’s children.”
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