by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 19, 2021 / 15:05 pm The archdioceses of both Philadelphia and Chicago have instructed their clerics not to assist parishioners seeking religious exemptions from receiving COVID-19 vaccines. An Aug. 18 letter from Fr. Michael Hennelly, Vicar for Clergy for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, …

by Autumn Jones, Joe Bukuras Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 17, 2021 / 10:28 am The National Catholic Bioethics Center on Tuesday recalled that its guidance on vaccination against the coronavirus is drawn from the full range of Church teaching on the common good, conscience, and charity. A bioethics think tank that …

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Aug 11, 2021 / 12:03 pm Catholic seminaries in the northeast are requiring COVID-19 vaccination for their seminarians before the coming semester begins. Mt. Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland is one of the colleges requiring students and seminarians to be vaccinated before coming to …

by Joe Bukuras Baton Rouge, La., Aug 9, 2021 / 12:17 pm Calls for prayer and fasting have once again sounded from the Louisiana Governor’s office as Covid-19 continues to endanger lives in the state. “I believe very strongly in the power of prayer, and there are thousands of people …

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Aug 9, 2021 / 15:30 pm A longtime Hollywood artist has teamed up with a Catholic YouTube host to create a live-action film on Eucharistic miracles. Ray Grijalba, host of the YouTube channel “The Joy of the Faith,” is co-producing the “Eucharistic Miracle Movie,” along …

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Aug 4, 2021 / 17:01 pm Students and staff at Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey cheered on Tuesday night as alumna sprinter Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record at the Tokyo Olympics en route to a gold medal. “The …

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2021 / 13:05 pm Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco was recently named the new prior of a historic order of knighthood. Cordileone will serve as principal chaplain to the U.S. delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. The Order …

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2021 / 10:32 am A Catholic exorcist said on Tuesday that a recently-unveiled Converse shoe with a pentagram design could lead to a fascination with the occult. “The danger with these types of things,” Fr. Vincent Lampert told CNA, “is that they create …

by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Aug 2, 2021 / 17:13 pm Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin will have her entire New Jersey high school cheering – and praying – for her when she competes for a gold medal in Tokyo on Tuesday night. Students and staff of Union Catholic Regional …

by Joe Bukuras San Francisco, Calif., Aug 2, 2021 / 17:01 pm Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has instituted a monthly Traditional Latin Mass at San Francisco’s Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, and has been leading the faithful in a Litany of Reparations for abuses against the Eucharist. The monthly …