Archive for August 8, 2020

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By Matt Hadro

Coronavirus, vaccines, and Catholic ethics

Production for a new coronavirus vaccine is speeding along, but ethical questions remain about its development, and who should receive it... Read more

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Catholic groups aid recovery after Beirut explosion

Following an explosion that killed more than 150 people in Beirut, international Catholic groups have responded by providing health services... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Italy considers allowing abortion pill without hospitalization

Italy’s health ministry is expected to approve a proposal to remove mandatory hospitalization for the administration of the abortion pill... Read more

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American Catholic bishops award $10.5 million in grants from special collection money

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a fundraising event at Discovery World on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee.

GOP vice presidential pick J.D. Vance on why he became Catholic

U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Possible Biden effort to reform Supreme Court, add term limits draws concern from the right

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The faith and witness of a young athlete who died running a half marathon

A synodal Mass in progress at St. Dominic Church at Aluva in the Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church on July14, 2024.

Syro-Malabar Church in India initiates plan to resolve bitter liturgical feud 

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Crusader treasure unveiled: Medieval altar found in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulcher

Sonja Shaw (center), president of the Chino Valley Unified School District in California, speaks at a press conference before the education committee hearing in the assembly on June 26, 2024.

California parents sue governor over law banning notification of student gender identity

Father Anthony Odiong, a former Louisiana priest, was arrested for possession of child pornography in Florida, law enforcement said on July 16, 2024, with the suspect also accused of multiple other instances of sexual abuse.

Former Louisiana priest arrested on child pornography charges

A relic of St. Junípero Serra at the Reliquary Chapel at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.

5 things you shouldn’t miss at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress

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Anti-death penalty activists celebrate 200th death row exoneree: ‘Undoubtedly optimistic’

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