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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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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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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It’s O.K. to be mad at people who refuse to get vaccinated. (But you should pray for them, too.)
Even as I still would like to make everyone get vaccinated right this second, I also find myself praying for those still hesitant.
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Vaccine hesitancy is declining in religious communities
Researchers highlighted the importance of faith-based overtures when it came to getting religious people vaccinated, particularly within communities of color.
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Mourning dozens of priests, Mexico’s church seeks to move forward from the pandemic
Tlaxpana is among hundreds of communities across Mexico dealing with the sudden loss of parish priests during the Covid pandemic.
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In countries ravaged by Covid-19, Catholics mourn the loss of priests and women religious
The dead include an Italian parish priest who brought the cinema to his small town in the 1950s; a beloved New York pastor who ministered to teens and the homeless; a nun in India who traveled home to bury her father after he died from COVID-19 only to contract the virus herself.
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221,000 German Catholics left the church during the pandemic
In the coronavirus year 2020, fewer Christians left the church in Germany than in previous years, two church organizations reported on Wednesday.
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A long loving look: Advice for praying about the pandemic, and why you should
Can we let ourselves see the graces that have arisen out of this tragedy?
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Father Stan Swamy has died of Covid-19, still in the custody of the Indian government
The Jesuit priest and human rights activist Stan Swamy died of complications from Covid-19, reports Ricardo da Silva, S.J. An Indian court has approved a judicial inquiry into Father Swamy’s arrest, custody and death.