The four dioceses in Iowa are partnering with Catholic Charities to launch a multimedia campaign aimed at convincing Catholics and other Iowans to get vaccinated to help slow the spread of Covid-19.
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A Jesuit guide to dealing with unvaccinated family members this holiday season
If some of your family members aren’t vaccinated, you might have some hard choices to make this holiday season. St. Ignatius can help.
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Aaron Rodgers’s Selfish Gnosticism about Covid-19
Aaron Rodgers has provided a powerful reminder that religious problems like clericalism and gnosticism are not confined to the religious world.
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Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI likely received Covid-19 booster shot
Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI likely received the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in October, according to official Vatican reports.
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Skeptics, zealots and scriptures: Science and religion have more in common than you might think.
Welcome to the age of “doing your own research.”
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I am a Jesuit scientist. I’m all for vaccines, but we have to do more than just ‘follow the science’
I find myself troubled by the phrase, “Follow the science.“ It implies that the authority of science is infallible, writes Guy Consolmagno, S.J., director of the Vatican Observatory.
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The way Kyrie Irving talks about vaccines is prophetic — but not in a good way
Kyrie Irving had no chance to convince us that he was a neutral party in the vaccine debate because the style of his speech would not allow it.
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The pandemic has made Americans more aware of others’ needs. The result? More charitable giving.
A likely increase in 2021 charitable giving is being driven by two factors: increasing financial security and a “heightened sense of people’s needs in the philanthropic marketplace” because of the continuing Covid-19 crisis.
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Military archbishop: Catholic troops should be able to refuse Covid vaccine on religious grounds
The prelate who oversees Catholics in the U.S. military issued a statement Tuesday supporting service members who have refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.
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Latino Catholics are among the most vaccinated religious groups. Here’s why.
The Pew Research Center found that 82 percent of Catholic adults said they were at least partially vaccinated as of August—including 86 percent of Latino Catholics and 79 percent of white Catholics.