Faith

London police halt Good Friday service, say pandemic protocols violated

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:20:41 -0400

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."

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

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:58:56 -0400

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.

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

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:22:37 -0400

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.

Toronto Good Friday procession cancelled in wake of COVID-19

mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:58:11 -0400

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

Indian bishops slam 'brutal' disruption of Good Friday service

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:00:00 -0400

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.