As Europe rolls out its vaccination campaign for young children this week, a top Vatican official has endorsed the move, saying children have been uniquely impacted by the pandemic and must be protected and cared for.
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Catholic Doctor Weighs In On COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
After a year of painful pandemic milestones, the United States has reached a hopeful statistic. As of May 2, more than 101 million Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Are Increased Vaccinations a Genuine Sign of Hope This Easter?
It’s been said before, in different ways, in different contexts: “the beginning of the end,” “light at the end of the tunnel,” “our long national nightmare is over,” and so on.
Filipino Expert Urges American Catholics to Rethink Rhetoric on Vaccines
As American Catholics continue to wrangle over the morality of COVID-19 vaccines using stem cell lines remotely derived from aborted fetuses, one Filipino Dominican priest, who’s both a moral theologian and an MIT-trained molecular biologist, is pleading with them to consider the potentially dangerous global consequences of their rhetoric.
What’s Life Been Like Since Becoming Fully Vaccinated?
Ashley Lantz was one of the first local Catholic school teachers to receive the first vaccine shot when appointments opened in early January. As luck would have it — or rather, it being “a part of God’s plan,” as Lantz says — she found an afternoon appointment on Jan. 11, the first day of eligibility for teachers in New York City.
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Raises Ethical Concerns
Several Catholic ethicists are urging people to steer clear of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine if possible, but at the same time affirm it is morally acceptable to receive it if the alternatives are not an option.
Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Included in Vatican Employee Safety Regulations
As a last resort, the Vatican may sanction employees who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine for non-medical reasons, according to a new Vatican decree.
Retired Nurse on Mission to Urge People of Color to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Having the ability to educate and advocate for her family inspired Joyce Christian of Somerville, Tennessee, to become a nurse.
Pandemic Has Exposed Inequities in Health Care, CHA Official Says
Inequities in U.S. health care have long existed, but the coronavirus pandemic has exposed them to wider scrutiny, according to Kathy, Curran, senior director of public policy for the Catholic Health Association.
Farmworkers ‘Treated as Second-Class Workers Again,’ Florida Activist Says
As COVID-19 vaccinations roll out slowly through the country, some groups are getting the vaccine even more slowly than others.