A statement from Colorado’s bishops will likely contribute to vaccine misinformation among Catholics, Sam Sawyer, S.J., writes. And its individualistic and libertarian notion of conscience ignores our obligations to the most vulnerable.
Health Care
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Vaccine mandates are coming. Catholics have no moral reason to oppose them.
It is no sin to get any of the current Covid vaccines, and a “misinformed conscience” is not a legitimate reason to seek exemptions from a vaccine mandate.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Should we go back to masks at Mass? Some U.S. bishops say yes.
Bishops around the country are reassessing diocesan policies for mask wearing at Mass as the Delta variant propels a new spike in Covid-19 cases, particularly among the unvaccinated.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What kind of surgery did Pope Francis have?
Here’s a look at what we know about the operation and what the pope’s doctors will be watching out for.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
How Dr. Paul Farmer put Catholic social teaching into medical practice
Founded in 1987, Partners in Health has pioneered an approach to medicine that actually resembles Catholic social teaching’s preferential option for the poor.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A spiritual diary about getting the ordinary, miraculous Covid-19 vaccine
A tribute to the shot that may be saving the world.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Podcast: The Devastating Effects of Conversion Therapy on LGBT Catholics
This week, Zac and Ashley talk with Eve Tushnet about her recent feature article for America magazine, “Conversion therapy is still happening in Catholic spaces—and its effects on L.G.B.T. people can be devastating”.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Should your child get the Covid vaccine? Parents: ask these questions (and answer honestly)
Parents must always weigh the risks and benefits of health care decisions for their children, writes Mary Doyle Roche. In the case of Covid-19 vaccines, they must also consider solidarity with other families.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
As a delivery room nurse, I knew how to celebrate with new parents. But God taught me how to grieve with them, too
Working in labor and delivery can be a beautiful job. But there are trying times too.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My father’s death was his final act of love
My dad had always been a God-like figure to me.