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.
Health Care
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
‘We need to mandate the vaccine’: Sister Mary Haddad, head of Catholic Health Association, is ready for bold action
Mary Haddad, R.S.M., the C.E.O. and president of the Catholic Health Association, agrees that more must be done now to halt the advance of the Delta variant.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Catholic bishops must not turn vaccines into a culture war issue
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.
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.