As more employers across the country are mandating that their workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, more employees are seeking an exemption to the requirement on religious grounds. In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, professor and lawyer Kenneth Craycraft responds to
The novel coronavirus, which has shut down or crippled entire sectors of the economy over the past year, has impacted the production and sales of products that religious orders across the country depend on to support themselves. The pandemic has caused some
The pandemic-related economic downturn, business closures, increase in global unemployment and reduced incomes have contributed to greater human trafficking of children, women, domestic workers and migrants without legal status.
That is the assessment of a Miami law professor and newly appointed member of
California's Catholic bishops "remain committed to the complete resumption of indoor worship in a responsible and safe manner," said an April 13 statement issued by the Executive Committee of the California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the bishops.
The bishops also
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: “The coronavirus pandemic, with its novelty, its impact on every citizen, and its heavy reliance on the leadership of government and the scientific community, has created even more opportunity for misinformation. Tapping into fear of
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Dr. Thomas McGovern, who serves on the national board of the Catholic Medical Association, writes that the progress the United States is seeing with its vaccination program is a cause for celebration and has
No one has to tell Catholic school teachers how different this past year has been.
At the start of the pandemic last spring, most Catholic schools adapted to online schooling and continued that way until the end of the school year.
At the start
Georgetown University recently hosted an online panel that focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Latinos and their communities in the United States. During the virtual discussion — entitled “Life, Young Latinos, and COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?” —
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a March 25 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's COVID-19 pandemic limits on attendance at houses of worship -- set at 25% capacity or 250 worshippers, whichever is less.
The ruling by
The Office of Papal Charities has purchased enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to offer inoculations in Rome to 1,200 of "the poorest and most marginalized people who, because of their situation, are the most exposed" to the coronavirus.
The office, run by
While the coronavirus pandemic upended most aspects of college life this past year, its impact on students' mental health has had Catholic college and university leaders looking for new ways to reach students and get resources to them.
Before the pandemic, there was