More than 500 current and former health care workers “were unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate,” the Liberty Counsel said.
Health care workers denied religious exemption on vaccine win settlement
Panel: 2022 ‘faithful agenda’ means not giving up after setbacks
People of faith looking to see their values reflected in their politics cannot give up in the face of legislative setbacks, said members of a Feb. 1 panel, “Faith, Politics and Policy in 2022: What Is a Faithful Agenda Now?”
SSPX leader says vaccination can be morally ‘prudent’
While denouncing as an “abuse of power” coercive measures to promote vaccination against COVID-19, a leader of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said getting vaccinated “may sometimes be an eminently prudent act in the moral sense of the term.”
Greg Erlandson: When tomorrow is a day too late
“The problems we face at times seem overwhelming. We procrastinate out of fear and, sometimes, indifference.”
Brazil’s bishops urge investigation of country’s COVID-19 vaccine purchases
The Brazilian bishops’ conference is urging an impartial investigation of government COVID-19 vaccine purchases.
Effort helps seafarers maintain livelihoods amid hardships of pandemic
They have home countries but live literally adrift, becoming strangers to all nations. Now, because of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of these itinerant workers also are trapped.
Move to waive vaccine patents is good step, says Catholic health official
The Biden administration’s May 5 announcement that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines — as a means to expand the vaccine’s production and distribution — is a move the Vatican has been suggesting.
Catholic doctor weighs in on COVID-19 vaccines for children
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infections disease specialist, has predicted that children of all ages will be able to receive a vaccine by the beginning of 2022.