The Covid-19 vaccines give Catholics an opportunity to rethink our health priorities, writes M. Therese Lysaught. First, how should we respond to vaccine stockpiling by wealthy countries?
Health Care
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Pope Francis calls for health care for all in message for World Sick Day
Pope Francis called on Christians to practice what they preach, including by guaranteeing equal access to health care for all people.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Steps from the birthplace of Jesus, women continue giving birth in Bethlehem hospital
Holy Family Hospital prides itself on welcoming every expectant mother, without taking into account religious background, nationality or the ability to pay.
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Vatican: Catholics can get Covid-19 vaccines that used abortion cells
The Vatican on Monday declared that it is “morally acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines based on research that used fetal tissue from abortions.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Nuns founded Chicago’s oldest hospital. Today Black Catholics are fighting to keep it open.
Chicago’s oldest hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1852, may soon be relegated to history.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Who should get the Covid vaccine first? Our answer must not neglect the poor and marginalized.
As Covid-19 vaccines become available, is crucial that all government agencies work through the ethical conundrums of vaccine distribution beforehand—and be prepared to make hard decisions.
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3 lessons the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic can teach us about COVID
COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is.
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U.S. bishops’ internal memo: Catholics can take Covid-19 vaccines
An internal memo corrects “some confusion in the media regarding the moral permissibility of using the vaccines.” But at least two bishops have cast doubt on the moral permissibility of the vaccines.
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If you value the elderly, you should be alarmed by Biden’s Covid task force appointment
Dr. Emanuel is certainly a well-credentialed medical expert. But his dismissive attitudes toward the elderly and disabled ought to be disqualifying.
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I participated in Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine trial—and it taught me a lot about Christian hope
My hope that I am vaccinated is pretty shallow. But doesn’t our experience of mundane hope bring us closer to understanding our deepest hope?