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Catholics have a moral responsibility to receive COVID vaccine, say local experts
With more than a million COVID deaths, vaccines are "important for the common good," said Steven Bozza, director of the archdiocesan Office for Life and Family, stressing the need for ethically produced immunizations.
The science, and ethics, behind vaccines
Knowing how vaccines work -- as well as the Catholic teaching that governs them -- can reassure faithful who may be anxious about immunization, according to Philadelphia-area specialists.
Papal Foundation helping to train Catholics from 44 countries
The Chester-based foundation gave $800,000 in scholarships for 106 priests, religious and lay persons from developing countries, enabling them to study at 16 Catholic colleges in Rome.
Cathedral, church in San Diego area desecrated with graffiti
St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral and a Syriac Catholic church nearby were defaced with swastikas and other graffiti, the latest in a string of vandalism incidents this year across the U.S.
Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination gives spotlight to Notre Dame Law School
Colleagues from the Indiana school, where Barrett is both a faculty member and an alumna, have endorsed the "brilliant legal scholar and jurist."
Indigenous artist finds healing with murals at Alberta Catholic schools
A project commission enabled Ryan Willert, a member of the Siksika Nation, to a cross-cultural encounter that opened the door to forgiveness.
Apostleship of the Sea becomes ‘Stella Maris’ in its 100th year
The Vatican's pastoral ministry to maritime workers will also renew its mission to "be a church that sails with the people of the sea," thousands of whom have been stranded offshore due to COVID.
Philippine bishop: Murdered lay leaders were ‘passionate to their calling’
Bishop Joel Baylon condemned the Sept. 21 killing of two parish workers, which followed similar attacks in August, as "inhuman and contrary to the teachings of Jesus."
Pope appoints U.S. Archbishop Charles Brown nuncio to the Philippines
The New York native succeeds Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, whom Pope Francis appointed permanent observer to the United Nations in November 2019.
Pope calls for peace, dialogue in Caucasus region
During his Sept. 27 Angelus address, Pope Francis stressed the need for "concrete gestures of goodwill and fraternity" to dispel conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the long-disputed breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.