Bishops address concern over Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s abortion link March 2, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, approved Feb. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raises moral concerns because it was “was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines,” the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees said March 2.
We need rituals to mourn March 2, 2021By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary Theologians and liturgists praise the power of rituals at the core of our faith. Rhythms of prayer and traditions of worship orient our lives toward God and set a solid foundation in an ever-shifting world.
COVID-19 bill OK’d without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion March 2, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News On the House floor ahead of the vote — which came at 2 in the morning (EST) — Rep. Chris Smith, N.J., criticized Pelosi and the House Rules Committee for refusing to allow a vote on an amendment to add language to the bill “to ensure that taxpayers aren’t forced to subsidize abortion,” as provided by the long-standing Hyde Amendment.
Health care chaplains in Baltimore and beyond embrace self-care in COVID-19 work February 26, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Video, World News “This suffering on a daily basis takes an emotional toll, ” said Sandra Michocki, a chaplain at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. “In order for it not to swallow us,” she said, chaplains have to remember that God is always with them and “when we’re weary or we’re tired, we show up anyway; that’s all we can do.”
Cardinal prays on CNN program marking 500,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S. February 23, 2021By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News During a Feb. 22 evening program on CNN, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a prayer for those who have died from COVID-19 asking God to “grant enteral peace to all our sisters and brothers lost to this disease.”
Pasadena parish cites pandemic in decision to close preschool February 23, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Local News, News, Schools Seven months after declining enrollment led St. Jane Frances School in Pasadena to transition from a pre-K3 through grade 8 school to an early learning center serving 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds, it has announced that ongoing financial issues related to the coronavirus pandemic will close the preschool at the end of the current academic year.
‘Blessing bags’ a focal point for merged St. Casimir Parish during pandemic February 23, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Feeding the hungry has become a rallying point for a faith community completing a period of transition.
Chicago cobbler pivots to making religious goods during pandemic February 18, 2021By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News “We’re taking a sole — S-O-L-E — and I’m transforming it to a S-O-U-L experience,” he said, smiling broadly.
Peru’s bishops indignant over COVID-19 vaccine scandal involving nuncio February 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Peru’s Catholic bishops want a thorough investigation of a COVID-19 vaccine trafficking scandal that includes the country’s papal nuncio.
St. Frances Academy rolls at Spalding as BCL basketball returns February 18, 2021By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Sports A historic Baltimore Catholic League season belatedly began Feb. 17 with St. Frances Academy opening its quest for a fourth straight championship with a 96-78 victory at Archbishop Spalding High School.
Global players join to set vaccine priorities, allocate resources fairly February 11, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Several global institutions are working to find ways to allocate COVID-19 vaccines in ways that are equitable and effective in stanching the acute phase of the pandemic.
California bishops welcome court’s ruling easing worship restrictions February 9, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News Two California Catholic bishops applauded the Supreme Court’s Feb. 5 ruling easing the state’s restrictions on indoor worship put in place with the COVID-19 pandemic.
