According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 64 percent of the U.S. population eligible to receive a vaccine (ages 12 and up) is fully vaccinated; nearly 75 percent has gotten at least one ...
Visitors, tourists and employees who want to enter Vatican territory will be required beginning Oct. 1 to show proof of vaccination, recovery from the coronavirus or a negative COVID-19 test. The anti-COVID ordinance, which was approved ...
In his latest column, OSV Publisher Scott P. Richert recalls a quote from Edmund Burke in which the 18th-century political theorist said, essentially, if men and women will not govern themselves, they will be governed. ...
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is mandating that face masks be worn by students, faculty, staff and visitors in all archdiocesan schools starting Aug. 30. The 15 archdiocesan high schools and 102 Catholic elementary schools are set ...
With the delta variant of COVID-19 causing positive cases and hospitalizations to surge across the country, Dr. Thomas McGovern, a former infectious disease researcher, answers questions many Catholics have about the new wave of illnesses, ...
Face masks are back in vogue at Mass. The rising nationwide spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus is leading church leaders to strongly encourage -- or even require -- Massgoers to use facial coverings ...
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, "in serious but stable condition" with COVID-19, a spokesman said late Aug. 17. Father Paul N. Check, executive director of the Shrine of Our Lady of ...
When each individual makes a small act of charity, like getting the COVID-19 vaccine, every gesture added together can transform the world, Pope Francis said in a global ad campaign. "Being vaccinated with vaccines authorized by ...
The Tokyo Archdiocese suspended public Masses until Sept. 12 as COVID-19 cases continue to spread in Japan, especially in the capital and adjacent areas. Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo announced the new measures Aug. 14; they ...
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego urged priests Aug. 11 to "caringly decline" to provide any Catholics who request it a religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine. "I ask that you not venture down this ...
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