Ref: CCBI/I-F-5/2020-88 27 March 2020 Your Eminence / Your Grace / Your Excellency / Rev. Monsignor, In the first place, I would like to wish you a truly prayerful and grace-filled Season of Lent. In the light of the recent directives received from the Holy See in the wake of the present unprecedented crisis caused by Covid-19, I am sending herewith some recommendations for the celebration of the Holy Week in our dioceses. After consultation, particularly with our Commission

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Conference of Catholic Bishops of India Circular for the Holy Year of Mercy December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016 To All the Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Religious, Catechists and lay faithful of Latin Catholic Church in India. Your Eminence, Your Grace, Your Excellency, Greetings of Peace and Joy in the Lord Jesus Christ, the living face of the Father’s Mercy. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis has announced an Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy which will begin on De