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Denver Newsroom, Feb 12, 2021 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of St. Louis is accused in a new lawsuit of covering up abuse allegations in his former diocese of Springfield, MA, which he led from 2014 until last year.   The plaintiff claims he suffered trauma as a result of the diocese’s mishandling of an abuse allegation he brought against Christopher J. Weldon, bishop of Springfield from 1950-1977.    Rozanski has admitted that the diocese mishandled the abuse case, which the plaintiff says he first brought to the diocese’s attention in November 2014.   Pope Francis ...

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After being closed to worshipers in 2020, this week the Cathedral of the Holy Cross once again welcomed the faithful for in-person celebrations of the Easter Triduum liturgies led by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley April 1-April 4. The Triduum consists of Holy Thursday, when Christ instituted the Eucharist; Good Friday, the day of Jesus' crucifixion and death for the sins of the world; and Easter, which begins with the Easter Vigil on the night of Holy Saturday and in which the Church celebrates Christ's Resurrection from the dead. The Easter Vigil includes the blessing of the Easter fire, lightin...

Holy Week was celebrated differently this year due to the COVID-19 health restrictions. Churches were open for private prayer and the Easter Triduum celebrations were celebrated in churches without the presence of the faithful. The Archdiocese of Malta, in collaboration with PBS, broadcast the events on national television, and online on Church.mt and Newsbook.com.mt, offering Catholics the opportunity to join in these important celebrations of our faith. Times of Malta is sharing a series of photos taken by the Archdiocese of Malta during Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Ea...

Church parking lots are starting to get crowded again. (Unsplash/Logan Weaver) Easter Sunday, I pulled into the parking lot of a local parish, hopeful that I would be able to join the congregation to celebrate the joy of Easter morning. Turning into the lot, I was met by a sight that was both eerily familiar and yet utterly out of place: a parking lot filled with cars. Not since before the pandemic started had I seen the lot so full. My heart sank. The sparsely filled lot that had greeted me each week throughout Lent had seemly been restored to its former glory in little mor...