Italian bishops nix elbow bump during Mass
- Jan 28, 2021
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Popes Francis, Benedict receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Jan 14, 2021
Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.
Catholic Charities to distribute 73,000 masks in Maine
- Jan 14, 2021
Catholic Charities Maine plans to distribute tens of thousands of masks to help protect residents from the coronavirus pandemic.
Archbishop Tartaglia of Glasgow dies weeks after testing positive for COVID-19
- Jan 13, 2021
Weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow died suddenly at his home Wednesday morning at the age of 70.
Italian charity urges hotels to open doors to homeless amid winter chill
- Jan 13, 2021
The Italian Sant’Egidio community has issued an appeal for hotels and other buildings empty due to a lack of tourists amid the coronavirus pandemic to take in homeless who are at risk in the cold winter temperatures.
For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to ‘sprinkle’ ashes on heads
- Jan 12, 2021
The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people’s heads rather than using them to make a cross on people’s foreheads.
Pro-life faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
- Jan 10, 2021
In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the pro-life movement in the United States are telling their followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take, given their remote and indirect connection to lines of cells derived from aborted fetuses.
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