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Grandmother challenges fine for ‘solitary prayer walk’ during COVID-19 lockdown

April 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Rosa Lalor. / ADF UK.

Liverpool, England, Apr 14, 2022 / 07:12 am (CNA).
A 76-year-old grandmother is seeking to overturn a fine she received for taking a “solitary prayer walk” during a COVID-19 lockdown in England.Rosa Lalor intends to challe… […]

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Will an Italian convent be closed for opposition to COVID-19 vaccines?

March 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2022 / 06:45 am (CNA).
The head of a cloistered Benedictine convent in Perugia, central Italy, has said that her community will be closed because the nuns opposed the COVID-19 vaccin… […]

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Washington archdiocese drops school mask requirement in DC

March 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Mar 9, 2022 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Masks are no longer mandatory at Catholic schools in Washington, D.C., the Archdiocese of Washington announced Wednesday.The move came in response to the city’s health departmen… […]

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Burlington bishop removes pastor for disobedience over COVID-19 directives

March 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

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Burlington, Vt., Mar 8, 2022 / 17:08 pm (CNA).
In a letter to parishioners of Holy Family Parish in Springfield, Vermont, Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington announced that … […]

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Despite new law allowing hospital clergy visits, some Arizona patients can still face difficulties

March 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Mar 4, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
A new Arizona law strengthened the ability of hospital patients to receive clergy visitors, but reports that some patients still face problems accessing clergy … […]

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Washington archdiocese drops mask mandate in Maryland schools

February 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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Washington D.C., Feb 16, 2022 / 17:44 pm (CNA).
Following an outcry from parents, the Archdiocese of Washington has reportedly decided to permit its schools in Maryland to go mask-optional. The change in policy was firs… […]

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Boston Catholic schools to drop mask mandate

February 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Boston, Mass., Feb 11, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Boston announced Wednesday, the same day the Massachusetts governor lifted a state school mask mandate, that school mask mandates will be eliminated at its sch… […]

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Pilgrims couldn’t visit Lourdes. So a drone photographer took Lourdes to them

February 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France. / Célian de La Rochefoucauld via youheritage.com.

Rome Newsroom, Feb 11, 2022 / 06:50 am (CNA).
In April 2020, as countries across Europe were in lockdown, a young man walked the empty streets of th… […]

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Quebec bishops lament government’s COVID vaccine passport for Mass attendance

February 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal Gérald Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec, speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 7, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Montreal, Canada, Feb 9, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Quebec, while regi… […]

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Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for federal employees

January 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver Newsroom, Jan 21, 2022 / 15:19 pm (CNA).
A federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees.Judge Jeffrey Brown of the District Court for the … […]

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