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Face masks make comeback at Mass as COVID variant surges
The rising spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus is leading U.S. church leaders to strongly encourage or even require Massgoers to use facial coverings. Dioceses are also reporting a rise in Mass attendance.
Arlington Diocese explains teaching on human person, transgenderism
In offering a new catechetical document, Bishop Michael Burbidge said it was the church's "sacred duty" to teach on gender ideology in response to a rise in families reporting gender dysphoria.
Faith leaders raise concerns over online censorship
YouTube's blocking of a theologian's talk on the Christian view of sex as a "content violation" raises concerns that "religious speech is being censored online," said San Francisco's archbishop and Focus on the Family's president.
Indiana Catholic hospitals set timelines for worker-required vaccinations
As the delta variant of COVID-19 has led to a dramatic surge in infections across the country, more Catholic health care providers across the nation are requiring vaccinations.
Young adult ministries help next generation connect, share faith
Parish-based, regional and national outreaches are ready to engage the next generation of believers in the five-county area, with the help of two archdiocesan offices.
British Museum exhibit on St. Thomas Becket gives sympathetic look at past
On the 850th anniversary of the saint's martyrdom, record crowds in London are seeing the exhibition's warm evocation of the country's Catholic past and reconstruction of the centrality of faith. "The anti-Catholicism long embedded here is dissipating now," said a historian.
Aid group plans for humanitarian crisis at Afghanistan border
Caritas Pakistan has alerted its diocesan units bordering neighboring Afghanistan to help refugees fleeing the Taliban's takeover of the country. Thousands of Afghans have entered Pakistan via a key trade route, according to media reports.
St. Bernadette statue vandalized outside N.Y. Catholic church
The newly installed statue at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Flushing in the Brooklyn Diocese was damaged Aug. 17. It is the latest is a series of at least five vandalism incidents in the New York City area since May.
Catholic school shifts into high gear for ‘real-world’ success
Multimillion dollar commitments from software executives and a regional automotive group are helping Father Judge High School in Philadelphia evolve in the 21st century, said president Brian Patrick King.
Bishops say U.S. government must urgently aid fleeing Afghans
The flow of 30,000 refugees to the U.S. comes after the rapid takeover of the Afghan government in August by Taliban forces as the U.S. withdrew its military, which has been in the troubled country for nearly 20 years.