Maine's Catholic Churches Continue Mass Attendance, While Ecumenical Group Urges Online Services
Access to the Eucharist is one of the motivating factors for keeping churches open.
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US Supreme Court Directs Nevada Governor to Respond to Covid Church Limit Challenge
In July, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the church and refused to issue an order blocking the 50-person cap on religious gatherings. Since July, the makeup of the Supreme Court has shifted.
Archbishop Cordileone: San Francisco Mass Restrictions Are ‘Mocking God’
Three separate Eucharistic processions Sept. 20 began at St. Anthony, St. Patrick, and Star of the Sea parishes, and converged at United Nations Plaza near San Francisco City Hall before proceeding to the cathedral.
Social Shutdowns as an Extraordinary Means of Saving People's Lives
Some Catholic moral principles to help illuminate how best to address a pandemic.
Companies Face Ethical Hurdles in Developing a COVID Vaccine
The World Health Organization reported that 180 vaccines are currently being developed around the world, many of which are derived from cells from aborted fetuses.
In Quebec’s COVID Response, the Catholic Church Has Been Completely Marginalized
COMMENTARY: In Canada, civil authorities and the Church have collaborated, negotiated and even litigated over pandemic protocols. Yet in the province of Quebec, the Church was being ignored.
San Francisco Archbishop Calls on Mayor to End ‘Excessive Limits’ on Outdoor Mass
Archbishop Cordileone called the city’s restrictions on outdoor Masses “a serious deprivation of our rights as Americans under the First Amendment and our spiritual needs as people of faith.”
CDC Report: One in Four Young Adults Contemplate Suicide
Fifty-four percent of essential workers surveyed said they had experienced at least one adverse mental or behavioral health symptom related to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Pandemic Forces India’s Catholics to Adopt ‘Hindu’ Cremations
With the death toll from the virus continuing to climb, Church leaders have authorized cremations even though the burial practice is viewed locally as a Hindu custom, not a Christian one.
Texas Attorney General: Religious Schools Are Exempt From Local COVID Rules
Attorney General Ken Paxton said local public health ordinances must be consistent with the governor’s orders and the attorney general’s guidance, adding that local governments are “prohibited from closing religious institutions or dictating mitigation strategies to those institutions.”
