The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice in Livonia, Michigan are coping with the loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 since April.
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Should I go back to Mass? | Behind the Story
Churches are beginning to reopen. Should you go back to Mass? Four of America’s editors who recently attended Mass at their local parishes discuss the discernment process and safety measures around this question facing Catholics during the Covid-19 pandemic. They also reflect on how the pandemic has impacted our understanding of the parish as a […]
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Ethicist alarmed over how treatment decisions were made for quadriplegic
The hospice death of Michael Hickson, a 46-year-old quadriplegic, pricked the conscience of Fordham ethics professor Charlie Camosy.
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Father James Martin: Wearing a mask is pro-life
The question comes down to this: Are you really pro-life? Do you reverence all lives—the check-out clerk as much as the unborn child?
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Minnesota Catholics are divided over whether to wear masks to Mass
Mask-wearing at church has paralleled public mask use in general, which has seen variance across the state and country.
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Jesuit education has seen plagues, recessions and wars. It will survive 2020, too.
The Ignatian way of approaching the world with thoughtfulness, care, courage and love is bearing fruit during a year of immense challenges, write two leaders of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
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Under new California rules, LA Catholic schools will no longer be able to resume in-person classes
Private and public schools alike will not be allowed to reopen their campuses if they are located in counties that remain on the state’s monitoring list.
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Covid-19 takes toll on immigrant, refugee communities in Nashville Diocese
About 30 families at Sagrado Corazon have had members infected by the virus, Father David Ramirez said. There also have been families at St. Luke Church in Smyrna and St. John Vianney Church in Gallatin that have been directly affected by the virus.
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Holy Communion: Not banned in Toronto
Church officials had been in regular conversation with Toronto and Ontario officials and received enthusiastic approval of the plan the diocese put in motion to reopen churches and restore Communion at Mass.
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Bolivian bishop, promoter of missions, dies of Covid-19
A tireless promoter of missionary work, Italian-born Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini of El Alto, Bolivia devoted his life to the people of his adopted country.