Church officials had been in regular conversation with Toronto and Ontario officials and received enthusiastic approval of the plan the diocese put in motion to reopen churches and restore Communion at Mass.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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Eusebio Kino, S.J., a ‘padre on horseback,’ moves closer to canonization
Kino was ”a classic example of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist, where faith meets science,” remembered as a defender of the Indigenous people of what would become the United States of America and Mexico.
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U.S. Catholic bishops respond to A.P. report on church use of Paycheck Protection loans
U.S. bishops: “The Paycheck Protection Program was designed to protect the jobs of Americans from all walks of life, regardless of whether they work for for-profit or non-profit employers, faith-based or secular.”
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Are Nigeria’s Christians the target of a genocide?
Increasingly brutal attacks on Christian villages have been explained as the result of conflict over diminishing resources.
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Covid-19 is still a public health disaster; experts urge patience and caution.
Dr. Shacham has a simple message for people eager to return to church as other social interactions appear to be restored. Do not be confused. The safest course of action, Dr. Shacham emphasized, continues to be to stay at home unless you have to venture out.
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What does Trump’s reversal of transgender health care policy mean for Catholic providers?
The administration’s final rule for section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act was deplored by advocates for L.G.B.T. rights, but welcomed by the U.S. bishops to “restore the rights of health care providers.”
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After weeks of protest and calls to defund the police, where do we go from here?
“The blueprint for transformation and liberation is already available,” she said. “The question that remains is: Will those in power use it?”
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Fatal bias in Minneapolis?
Minneapolis police have used force against African-American residents seven times more often than against white residents over the past five years, reports Kevin Clarke.
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Bishops call racism a ‘real and present danger’ in aftermath of death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
“We cannot turn a blind eye to these atrocities and yet still try to profess to respect every human life,” the bishops said. “We serve a God of love, mercy, and justice.”
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There are no ‘throwaway lives’: Catholic leaders respond to Covid-19 behind bars
Another near-invisible community similarly faces a serious and disproportionate threat from Covid-19; the people who live and work behind bars in the United States.