Opus Dei prelate: ‘These are difficult times in the world and in the Church’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz gives a talk during his July 2024 visit to Santiago, Chile. / Credit: Courtesy of Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus De/Flickr Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). In his latest pastoral letter, the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, reflected on how Christians should live joyfully…

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FCC grills Google over alleged faith-based discrimination in YouTube TV programming — By: Catholic News Agency

Google offices in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York. / Credit: MNAphotography/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is demanding answers from Google over concerns that its YouTube TV streaming service might be discriminating against faith-based channels in its programming decisions.  The allegations stem from YouTube TV’s refusal…

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UPDATED: Which states protect churches from closure, 5 years after COVID lockdowns? — By: Catholic News Agency

Normally busy streets in Manhattan are deserted April 10, 2020, after officials imposed a COVID-19 lockdown. / Credit: George Wirt/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA). The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic five years ago this week, on March 11, 2020.  Every diocese in the U.S. curtailed public Masses…

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