The Catholic Church’s ethical tradition gives us some navigational aids in traversing the difficult terrain of mask mandates and vaccine requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A Mexican novena for the dead is transformed for the digital age by Covid-19
In Latin American immigrant communities, lay faith leaders adapt a ritual of mourning that builds community amid isolation.
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Is a face-off over masks dividing your parish? You’re not alone.
At some parishes a battle line has been drawn between parishioners willing to mask up again and those who perceive masks as unnecessary, ineffective or, at worst, a violation of their freedom.
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Refusing the Covid vaccine is the ultimate sin of omission for Catholics today
How can Christians, any people of good will, put their focus on protecting liberty rather than life?
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How vaccines became a battle line in the Catholic culture war
On this week’s episode of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Sam Sawyer, S.J., shares what more we can do during the pandemic for ourselves and our neighbors in light of our Catholic moral tradition.
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Priests navigate Catholics’ fears and consciences in vaccine exemption pleas
Priests navigate Catholics’ fears and hesitancies in vaccine exemption requests to balance love for neighbor and self with individual conscience.
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Cardinal Burke off ventilator and moving out of intensive care, still hospitalized with Covid-19
The cardinal was to return to a regular hospital room Saturday at an undisclosed location, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse said in a statement.
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Three spiritual exercises for facing a long future with Covid-19
It can be dispiriting, even infuriating, to imagine our future with Covid-19. Spiritual exercises inspired by Ignatius can help us become more aware and move past our anger.
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Update: Cardinal Burke on a ventilator in ‘serious but stable condition’ with Covid-19
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, “in serious but stable condition” with COVID-19, a spokesman said late Aug. 17.
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Pope Francis and bishops appear in new vaccine PSA: Getting vaccinated is ‘an act of love’
The video insists that vaccines are safe, effective and an “act of love.” It features Pope Francis as well six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America.