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Updated: Federal judge blocks New York’s COVID vaccine mandate for health workers

September 13, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 4

Editor’s note: This report was updated on Sept. 14, 2021, to reflect developments.  A federal judge has temporarily barred the State of New York from enforcing its policy that all health care workers receive a […]

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Students sue Creighton University over COVID vaccine mandate

September 11, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 31

Four Creighton University students have sued the Jesuit-run university for its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy, which does not allow exemptions for sincerely held religious beliefs. One of the students, the president of Creighton Students for […]

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The remarkable story of how a 9/11 fireman became a priest

September 9, 2021 Father Seán Connolly 22

All of us old enough have vivid memories of where we were when the news reached us that planes had struck the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11, […]

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Mexican Supreme Court strikes down right to life legislation in historic reversal (updated)

September 8, 2021 Matthew Cullinan Hoffman 7

Updated Sept. 9th: On Thursday, September 9th, the court also voted to strike down the State of Sinaloa’s constitutional amendment protecting “the right to life from the moment that an individual is conceived.” One of […]

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California ethnic studies pushes in-school pagan prayers to Aztec gods

September 7, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 13

A new California public school curriculum that directs students to offer pagan prayers and chants to five Aztec gods and a “divine force” of the Yoruba religion violates the California Constitution, the Thomas More Society […]

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Federal judge: University cannot remove Christian athletes for refusing COVID shot

August 31, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 10

Western Michigan University is barred from kicking four Christian athletes off the women’s soccer team for refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, under a temporary restraining order issued Tuesday by a U.S. District judge in […]

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Costa Rican priest suspended, sent for psychological treatment for celebrating Latin Novus Ordo

August 20, 2021 Matthew Cullinan Hoffman 53

A Costa Rican priest says he has been suspended, removed from his parish, and sent to psychological treatment by his bishop who is angry with him for celebrating the reformed liturgy in Latin and ad […]

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New exhibit offers glimpse into everyday life of the Setons

August 8, 2021 John Tuttle 2

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton opened its latest exhibition beginning July 1. “Seton Family Treasures”, as the exhibit is called, showcases various former belongings of the Setons. The beautiful shrine, dedicated to […]

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Lawsuit in California fights back against canceling St. Junípero Serra

July 14, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 8

The San Diego Unified School District and one of its school principals targeted the Catholic faith and St. Junípero Serra with an illegal, defamatory campaign to effect removal of St. Serra’s name from a high […]

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Into the Belly of the Beast: A day with the Urban Missionaries of the Heart of Christ

July 10, 2021 S. Kirk Pierzchala 10

The setting sun filters through drifts of flame-red poppies and wildflowers nestled in the golden, sun-bleached grass. Wild rabbits emerge briefly from banks of blackberries, only to flit back into the cool shadows. As a […]

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