The first 25 shelter residents were vaccinated Jan. 20, the Vatican said, and more will be given the vaccine in the coming days.
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Cardinal Wilton Gregory prays for all who have died of Covid-19 at memorial service with Joe Biden
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at a pre-inauguration memorial service Jan. 19 to honor and remember the more than 400,000 Americans who have succumbed to COVID-19.
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Catholic News Quiz: Covid vaccines, Biden’s inauguration and canon law
How closely did you follow the news this week? Take our Catholic news quiz and find out.
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March for Life cancels in-person rally, citing pandemic and unrest in D.C.
For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home.
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In a single day, on three continents, the Catholic Church lost a cardinal and two bishops to Covid-19
In one day, the Catholic Church on three continents lost three leaders to COVID-19.
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Cardinal Gregory: ‘We need the Lord to cast out the demon of division in our nation’
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory encouraged people to get the coronavirus vaccine and addressed the unrest of Jan. 6 that shook the nation.
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Papal trip to Argentina and Uruguay is still on the table, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis told Uruguay’s new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.
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Blocking undocumented workers from Covid vaccines will be a moral and public health disaster, ethicists say
“Covid knows no boundaries or immigration status; it is an indiscriminate killer.”
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Pope Francis and Benedict XVI have received the Covid-19 vaccine
Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.
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Vatican: No ashes on foreheads this Ash Wednesday
The Vatican asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people’s heads rather than making a cross on people’s foreheads.