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First-person accounts illustrate CARA report on what inspires vocations
Respondents cited top factors in a vocation were getting to know a religious personally and the prayerful faith of family, while among the lowest were parish events to promote vocations.
As deaths increase, prelate says Tanzania must admit COVID-19 exists
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanzania's government has downplayed the virus, called only for prayers and urged citizens to ignore wearing masks and washing hands.
New COVID-19 vaccine can be used in good conscience, bishop says
"There's no moral need to turn down a vaccine, including the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is morally acceptable to use," the head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine said in a video.
Pope arrives in Iraq, promoting peace, tolerance, equality
Pope Francis spoke with civic and cultural leaders in Baghdad shortly after he landed in Iraq March 5 for his first foreign trip in 15 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Angolan bishops warn of deteriorating social situation
Besides the COVID-19 pandemic that has worsened living conditions in Angola and spurred an "unbridled race to exploit hydrocarbons," the price of oil has dropped and rain has ceased.
Catholic health care officials aim to get COVID-19 vaccine to everyone
Health leaders are trying to reduce the hurdles of bias, language, technology and transportation highlighted by COVID now, so when the larger vaccine rollout begins, "we can have a strategy for addressing the disparities we know are coming."
Ahead of papal trip, prelates urge solidarity with pope and Iraq
Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Iraq offers Americans a time for prayer and to "remember the suffering people of Iraq," said two key U.S. bishops.
Regimen of prayer, asceticism, fraternity gets men’s attention
Who would volunteer for three months of cold showers, no alcohol, soda, dessert or televised sports? Tens of thousands of men, it turns out. Exodus 90 aims to bring men back to the foundations of their faith.
Clergy sex abuse in France more extensive than thought
A commission now believes "at least 10,000" sexual abuse cases occurred after 1950 in the French church, not the 3,000 cited in a report last June. Half of all cases dated from the 1950s and 1960s, and 30% from the 1970s and 1980s.
Pope taps Newark cardinal as member of Congregation for Bishops
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, 68, of Newark, New Jersey will join the office that advises Pope Francis on the nomination of bishops around the world.