“We have to be promoting the common good, and this is the one of the ways that we do it,” Bishop Stowe said in an interview with America.
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Covid-19 took music from our Masses. Now it’s (slowly) coming back.
As vaccination rates permit the lifting of some Covid-19 restrictions, congregations are easing back into singing. Here’s what music ministers have learned over the past year.
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The national eviction moratorium has been extended, offering millions temporary relief
Millions of Americans behind on rent got some good news this week. On Aug. 3, the Center for Disease Control extended a national eviction moratorium through Oct. 3.
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Jesuit Steve Kelly has done jail time for protesting nuclear weapons. He’s willing to do it again.
Father Kelly is on probation after serving time for his most recent acts of civil disobedience in protest of the U.S. nuclear weapons regime.
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Should we go back to masks at Mass? Some U.S. bishops say yes.
Bishops around the country are reassessing diocesan policies for mask wearing at Mass as the Delta variant propels a new spike in Covid-19 cases, particularly among the unvaccinated.
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How martial arts classes are empowering young people in a Jesuit Refugee Service camp in South Sudan
Isaac Auyub developed a passion for martial arts after fleeing Sudan. Now, he instills the strength her learned to in his students in a refugee community.
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Do not give religious exemptions for Covid vaccines, New York archdiocese tells its priests
The Archdiocese of New York says the granting of religious exemptions to Covid vaccines would be “in contradiction to the directives of the Pope.”
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Catholic activists in Brazil denounce violence and land invasion in Indigenous Amazon territories
The invasion of public land by big landowners and illegal miners at the expense of Indigenous groups and small growers has led to record numbers of violent conflicts in Brazil’s rural and forest areas.
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Report: Faith groups push for comprehensive immigration reform across the Americas
Over 171 faith-based and grassroots organizations across the Americas have signed a letter to bishops’ conferences advocating for humane immigration policies and for mitigating the forces compelling migration.
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Cardinal Tobin and Bishop Rhoades discuss the Biden-Communion debate
During a panel hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, the church leaders offered reflections on the ongoing debate over Joe Biden and the Eucharist.