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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.
Two nuns killed, seven survive attack in South Sudan
A bus carrying nine sisters returning from a parish celebration was ambushed on a highway. They hid but were found and two were shot. The country's president blamed armed factions that have not signed a 2018 peace agreement.
Washington Archdiocese offers practical steps to care for creation
After the Vatican published seven ways to care for our common home, the archdiocese developed steps for its parishes and schools to carry out what "Laudato Si'," Pope Francis' letter on the environment, teaches.
Vaccination is an act of love, pope says in ad campaign
"We are extremely grateful to (Pope Francis) and the cardinals and archbishops for lending their voices and platforms to help people across the globe feel more confident in the vaccines," particularly to the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, said the head of the Ad Council.