Some opponents of vaccine and mask mandates claim that they are being treated like Jews in Nazi Germany. This appropriation of the Holocaust is wildly offensive and shuts down civil discussion.
Covid-19
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Most Swiss Guards comply with Vatican vaccine mandate, but three quit instead of getting shot
Three members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard have hung up their halberds rather than be vaccinated against COVID-19, and three others were temporarily suspended in early October as they were completing the vaccination cycle, the spokesman for the guards told a Swiss newspaper.
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Some Catholics are still skeptical of the Covid-19 vaccine. And James Carville is losing his patience with them.
This week, on America Media’s “Behind the Story” video series, Matt Malone, S.J., the president and editor in chief of America, spoke with James Carville, a long-time political consultant, author and the co-host of the “Politics War Room” podcast, about the moral obligation Catholics have to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Why (some) Catholics are skeptical of Covid-19 vaccines
James Carville, co-host of the “Politics War Room” podcast, and Matt Malone, SJ discuss vaccine hesitancy among a significant number of U.S. Catholics, while Carville calls on church leaders to articulate the moral case for making vaccines obligatory. For all of America’s video content, visit youtube.com/americamag.
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Will Pope Francis get a booster Covid shot? Vatican says it’s up to him to decide.
Experts at the Vatican on Tuesday considered the ethics of “booster shot” distribution in wealthy countries when many in other parts of the world have yet to receive the first dose.
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Cardinal Raymond Burke says his recovery after Covid-19 has been slow
Cardinal Raymond Burke, a vaccine skeptic who was placed on a ventilator after contracting Covid-19, has left the hospital but is still struggling to recover from the disease.
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Vaccine passports are coming to Vatican City
The anti-Covid ordinance was released by the Vatican press office Sept. 20.
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‘An election about nothing’: What to look for in Canada’s first vote since the pandemic
Justin Trudeau has never offered a cogent explanation of his decision to call a snap election. Voters have called Canada’s 44th election the “Seinfeld election”—an election about nothing.
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What does Catholic theology tell us about vaccine mandates? It’s not black and white.
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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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.