This time last year, when we flipped the calendar from 2020 to 2021, many glasses were raised to toast what we all hoped would be a better year ahead. 2020 was so difficult for so many. Too many of us saw sickness
The Supreme Court turned down emergency requests Dec. 13 from New York health care workers seeking a religious exemption from the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its health care employees.
The Supreme Court denied the requests from the two groups in a brief
The Catholic bishops of England and Wales announced a delay in their plans to restore the obligation to go to Mass on Sundays because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
In July, they set a target to return the first Sunday of Advent, which
New Zealand's bishops said they will ensure that people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely attend Mass under a new system, while warning that unvaccinated priests will be limited in their ministry.
Under the government's orange and green traffic-light settings
During the pandemic, parishes in the Diocese of Valle de Chalco on the outskirts of Mexico City have made care packages, taken meals to families of COVID-19 patients and operated food banks.
But they are seeing more and more problems from the pandemic.
"You
When Christy Zeidan, office manager of the Three Arches 2 souvenir shop, put the key in the door lock for the first time in nearly 20 months, she got goose bumps on her arms.
"It was very emotional. It was like breathing again,
The Supreme Court is allowing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers in Maine to remain in effect, rejecting an emergency appeal from a group of the state's health care workers seeking a religious exemption.
Although the one-sentence order issued Oct. 29
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
Doctors and nurses across the country have been toiling endlessly since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020. They have given every ounce of energy they have to care for patients suffering from this disease and have witnessed tragic things on a
Renée Roden shares a reflection on the grief of Job, COVID-19 and All Souls Day. Relating to the story of Job, Roden asks, “How does a believer reconcile a God who is good with the experience of suffering?” She writes that in