As churches have opened up all over the country, there has been a particularly powerful and graced “letting go” available for some Catholics.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq in March after getting a Covid vaccine
Vatican sources acknowledge the visit, which Pope Francis has long hoped for, is “risky” under current conditions.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Who should get the Covid vaccine first? Our answer must not neglect the poor and marginalized.
As Covid-19 vaccines become available, is crucial that all government agencies work through the ethical conundrums of vaccine distribution beforehand—and be prepared to make hard decisions.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Some Americans are skeptical about taking a Covid vaccine. Could religious leaders convince them?
Public health experts said that faith leaders can leverage the trust of their congregations when it comes to encouraging the use of vaccines.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Coronavirus Prayer for this Weary Winter
As we walk through this time of darkness, give us faith that we are headed toward brighter days.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Read: An exclusive essay by Pope Francis on a ‘personal Covid,’ his exile in Argentina
Pope Francis: Córdoba was a kind of lockdown, self-isolating as so many of us have done lately, and it did me good.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
3 lessons the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic can teach us about COVID
COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is.
Posted inFaith, News
76 Franciscan nuns test positive at monastery in Germany
Local health authorities put the the entire monastery under quarantine late last week after the first cases of coronavirus were discovered there.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican tells young people to ask for words of wisdom for Christmas
One present young people should ask for this Christmas is words of wisdom from older people they know.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court blocks New York coronavirus limits on churches and synagogues
The justices split 5-4 with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was her first publicly discernible vote as a justice.