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By Catholic News Agency - Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, is inviting all U.S. bishops to join him on May 1 in reconsecrating the U.S. to the Blessed Virgin Mary in response to the pandemic. The reconsecration is timed to coincide with the bishops of Canada consecrating their own country to Mary at the same time… Archbishop Gomez, who is the Archbishop of Los Angeles, said in a letter sent to all American bishops April 22, that the Marian reconsecration would be done under the title of “Mary, Mother of the Church.”

By Martina Moyski, Church Militant - The bishop of Tyler, Texas has issued a pastoral letter rousing Catholics to understand the mortal danger of any coronavirus vaccine developed using stem cells from aborted babies and is urging them to fight… Bp. Joseph Strickland encouraged "all who believe in the Sanctity of Life in the womb" to reflect on his message, as "it is critical for the whole human family." … In the letter, Strickland explained that the pandemic has opened his eyes to the dangerous reality of the "use of in line stem cells from aborted babies in developing vaccines."… "I urge you to join me, NOW, in passionately but prayerfully speaking out against this practice," he urged.

Catholic News Agency - Three further Catholic dioceses have announced they will resume public celebration of Mass, subject to the requirements of public health orders and social distancing… The Montana dioceses of Great Falls-Billings and Helena both announced the re-openings on Thursday, April 23, one day after the bishop of Lubbock, Texas told his priests to prepare to restore access to Communion for Catholics in the diocese… The public celebration of Mass has been prohibited in dioceses across the United States for over a month as part of efforts to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.