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by bcadmin | Apr 20, 2022 | Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Elon Musk, holiness, Lockdowns, News, Prayer, the common good, The Dispatch, Twitter, wokeness, Yelp | 0 |
“Governing elites . . . have cruelly abandoned broad swathes of vulnerable Americans—including children, the working class, black Americans, and the urban poor—in implementing scientifically uninformed, politically partisan, and self-serving poli…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | ad limina, Austria, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, lead, Lockdowns, News | 0 |
Austria’s bishops have postponed their ad limina visit to Rome, insisting they didn’t want to leave amid the country’s new strict coronavirus lockdown and fierce debate over potential vaccine mandates.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, California, Catholic Church, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News | 0 |
The state of California has agreed not to impose greater coronavirus restrictions on church gatherings than it does on retail establishments in a pair of settlements that provide more than $2 million in fees to lawyers who challenged the rules as a violation of religious freedom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of La Crosse, Lockdowns, News, Wisconsin | 0 |
A priest in Wisconsin who has been ignoring COVID-19 gathering restrictions at his masses and criticized Democrats for their stance on the virus vaccines says the leader of the Diocese of La Crosse has asked him to resign.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2021 | Argentina, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, lead, Lockdowns, News, social distancing | 0 |
Despite knowing that religious ceremonies that lasted more than 30 minutes and included more than 20 people in his diocese were banned due to Argentina’s second COVID-19 wave, a local priest on Saturday challenged both his bishop and civil authorities by holding a First Communion Mass in an open-air space with close to 100 participants.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Coronavirus, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Sri Lankan churches once again have halted services, church weddings and Sunday schools due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News, social distancing | 0 |
When the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said April 27 that fully vaccinated people who wear masks can safely attend many indoor events such as worship services, the announcement likely did not catch many Catholics by surprise.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19 pandemic, Ireland, Lockdowns, News, Republic of Ireland | 0 |
The Irish government said a COVID-19-related ban on Catholics attending Mass will be lifted May 10.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 22, 2021 | Canada, canadian bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News | 0 |
British Columbia had not allowed indoor Masses since November.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 20, 2021 | Archbishop Eamon Martin, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19 pandemic, lead, Lockdowns, News, Religious Freedom, Republic of Irelandd | 0 |
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh on Monday met with the Republic of Ireland’s health minister to discuss a new statute that bans public worship, imposing fines and even jail time for those who attend unauthorized events.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Archbishop Eamon Martin, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News, Religious Freedom, Republic of Ireland | 0 |
The head of the Irish bishops’ conference said the government’s move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of COVID-19 regulations was a “potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 16, 2021 | California, California Catholic Conference, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News | 0 |
California’s Catholic bishops “remain committed to the complete resumption of indoor worship in a responsible and safe manner,” said an April 13 statement issued by the Executive Committee of the California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the bishops.
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