Church Likely to Undergo a Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era
By Chaz Muth – The churchgoing experience may be different once the threat of COVID-19 is minimised and church experts are forecasting fewer Catholics overall in the...
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As deaths increase, archbishop says Tanzania must admit COVID-19 exists
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Ruwa’ichi of Dar es Salaam told Catholic News Service it was time for the country to accept that COVID-19 exists, noting that denying the...
Doctors Without Borders Campaign Against Pandemic Patents
By Carol Glatz – As members of the World Trade Organisation consider a request to allow countries to waive certain types of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines...
Vatican Official Insists Religious Services are ‘Essential Services’
For believers, the ability to practice their faith and receive spiritual guidance are “the highest of essential services,” and pandemic practices over the past year have shown...
Vatican Supports the Drive for Countries like South Africa to Make their Own Vaccines
By Cindy Wooden – The Vatican threw its support behind an effort by India, South Africa and a host of developing nations to loosen international patent protections and...
Cardinal Wilton Gregory Prays on CNN
During a February 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...
Vatican Reminds Bishops of Holy Week Guidelines during Pandemic
By Carol Glatz – As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its first full year, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments reminded bishops that the guidelines it...
Cardinal says Vatican employees could lose jobs for refusing COVID-19 vaccine
In a decree issued earlier this month, the cardinal who heads the Vatican City State said that employees who refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when deemed...
Vaccine Access One Of Many Fights Facing Vulnerable Global South
By Junno Arocho Esteves – When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, Pope Francis warned it could make inequalities existing around the world even worse. While the discovery...
Widespread Vaccination, Supported by Pope, Faces Myriad Obstacles
By Cindy Wooden – The hurdles on the path toward a fair, global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine are economic, technical, political and moral. The difficulty of...
