The U.S. should be “leading a coordinated global response to protect the lives of millions of people around the world,” the Catholic Health Association said.
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As cases of virus spike in Arizona, Tucson bishop suspends public worship
With the virus raging in the American southwest, public worship has been again suspended with the goal of preventing any additional spread of the disease.
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Bishop Soto: ‘Strenuous labor’ of ending racism shouldn’t be ‘toppled’ by looting
Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento has said that toppling statues does not bring about establishing the hard work of justice and “does little to build the future.”
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Faith leaders ask Congress to boost overseas pandemic aid
Faith-based organizations are pleading with Congress to fund world-wide pandemic relief efforts.
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Judge strikes down Trump administration’s ‘third-country asylum rule’
A federal judge has ruled that a Trump administration policy regarding asylum seekers was unlawfully implemented.
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Cardinal Zen says he’s prepared for arrest under Hong Kong security law
“If right and proper words were considered against their law, I will endure all the suing, trials and arrests. Numerous predecessors have endured similarly,” the 88-year-old cardinal said.
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Federal judge blocks limits de Blasio, Cuomo put on religious gatherings
A Federal judge has ruled that the restrictions on how many people may gather for church services in New York state cannot be enforced as it presently stands as it is far more stricter than the protocols for comparable secular gatherings.
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San Francisco archbishop leads prayer, blesses site of toppled Junipero Serra statue
In 2015, some people objected to the canonization of the Spaniard, like critics did of his beatification in 1988, because of questions about how Father Serra treated the native peoples of California and about the impact of Spanish colonization on native peoples throughout the Americas.
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Singing in church on hiatus for now but will return, say music ministers
Oregon Catholic Press, which publishes much of the nation’s Catholic liturgical music, is working with liturgists and pastoral musicians around the country to find creative and safe ways to sing.
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Italian bishops increase aid to dioceses hit hard by coronavirus
The money comes from an emergency fund established using part of the proceeds the bishops’ conference collects each year from citizens’ tax designations.