“We have to be promoting the common good, and this is the one of the ways that we do it,” Bishop Stowe said in an interview with America.
Faith in the time of Coronavirus
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishop McElroy instructs priests to decline Covid vaccine exemption requests
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy has sent a letter saying there is no basis in Catholic teaching to offer a religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
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.”
Posted inFaith, News
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.
Posted inFaith, News
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.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
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?
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Anxious about returning to regular life? 6 Jesuit discernment tips for the post-Covid world
We are all emerging from our Covid retreat and encountering sensory overload, writes Debra K. Mooney. The principles of Ignatian retreat and discernment can help us with the re-entry process.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Tell us: Are you going back to Mass yet? Why or why not?
Whether your answer is yes or no, what has gone into your discernment?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
God does not take Mass attendance during a pandemic
Vaccines are promising an end to the Covid-19 pandemic, but weekly Mass attendance may not yet be possible. And for centuries, many Catholics have maintained faith without it.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The weight of attending Mass for those who cannot
As part of that small number of parishioners able to take the Eucharist, I felt that holy burden to be present in the Presence for those who could not be there.