I had never been more convinced of humanity’s potential for greatness than when I saw the freshly opened eyes of the smallest patient ever in my care.
Health Care
Posted inPolitics & Society
Science, faith and Dr. Fauci meet this week at the Vatican
Much is still unknown about the 2019 novel coronavirus and why it can kill so many people and yet also can infect many more without causing any symptoms, Dr. Anthony Fauci told a Vatican conference.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The free market alone will not vaccinate the world.
Whether as an act of solidarity or as an act of self-protection, the United States should give away 20 percent of its vaccines.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
‘I realized that it was my purpose to help others’: How Jesuit values led one Cristo Rey alum to fight for health equity
An interview with Miguel Blancarte Jr., a graduate of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, Ill., and now the director of Covid-19 Response and Community Outreach at Esperanza Health Centers.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The Covid-19 vaccines are a miracle. Yes, an honest-to-God miracle.
A miracle is not something that bends nature but something that, like Christ’s works, manifests God’s power to restore life. The Covid-19 vaccines fit that definition.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis instructs Vatican to provide vaccines for 1,200 of Rome’s poorest people during Holy Week
At the pope’s instruction, the Office of Papal Charities has purchased doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to give to over 1,200 of Rome’s “poorest and most marginalized people” during Holy Week.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Paul Farmer went to Africa to fight Ebola. He found a people devastated by war and racism.
Paul Farmer’s new book explores his work with others in West Africa. Farmer and his team went there to respond to the longest and largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
It’s official: St. Patrick’s Day is canceled in Ireland
There will be no parades in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, and the government has warned that people who try to organize parties to celebrate the day will face fines and criminal prosecution.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An open letter to Joe Manchin, a pro-life Democrat and the most powerful senator in Washington
Stand firm. The time is now for your consistent pro-life vision of human dignity to shine.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How not to talk about vaccines: Some bishops are choosing the culture war over the common good
Statements by some U.S. bishops on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Covid-19 are proving to be a cautionary tale about confusing Catholics on what is morally permissible.