He said he also told the unvaccinated priests that “they couldn’t go into the homes of the sick or the homebound or be in close proximity” to worshippers.
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
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A gay saint? L.G.B.T. groups are pushing for 9/11 hero Father Mychal Judge’s canonization
Although Franciscan Father Mychal Judge’s religious order has not pushed the cause for his sainthood, organizations touched by his work with H.I.V./AIDS victims are now taking it up.
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Survey: Frequent Mass attendance correlated with support for Donald Trump in 2020 election
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Cardinal Tobin and Bishop Rhoades discuss the Biden-Communion debate
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What we do and don’t know about the methods used to track the Grindr habits of a top USCCB priest
Some experts say the level of detail included in the story suggests that whoever provided the information has access to large datasets and methods of analysis that could have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars—or more.
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Amid rising gun violence, Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich calls for solidarity—not retreating to safe spaces
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What Joe Biden’s DC pastor thinks about the Bishops’ Communion vote
“This is a time to say, ‘Yes, let’s speak about the hunger…for the presence of God.’ This is the moment, and I think the bishops want to do that. But some of our pastoral leaders are making it difficult.”
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Joe Biden’s Jesuit-run DC parish says it ‘will not deny the Eucharist’
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Following contentious debate, bishops vote to proceed with Eucharist statement
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