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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrates the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday.

VATICAN CITY — Knowing that Rome, like all of Italy, would be under varying degrees of lockdown during Holy Week and Easter, Father Luigi D'Errico asked youngsters in his parish to draw illustrations and write a series of reflections on the Way of the Cross. 

VATICAN CITY — Before returning to Rome from Iraq March 8, Pope Francis left $350,000 to assist families still suffering the impact of conflict or in dire straits because of the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, said Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Our Lord is risen! The Light of the world has conquered the darkness and provided for us the opportunity for life with him, now and forever. After a long, challenging year, we now joyfully celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection and are renewed and strengthened by the hope he imparts.

Two longtime board members who helped diocesan Catholic Charities grow into the thriving ministry it is today are leaving the board at the end of March.   

WASHINGTON — The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a March 25 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's COVID-19 pandemic limits on attendance at houses of worship —  set at 25 percent capacity or 250 worshippers, whichever is less.