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New Brunswick dioceses will not require COVID vaccination to attend Mass

September 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception seen amid Saint John, New Brunswick. / Wangkun Jia/Shutterstock.

Fredericton, Canada, Sep 24, 2021 / 19:12 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Moncton announced Friday the four bishops in New Brunswick provinc… […]

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Spate of lawsuits nationwide fight against compulsory COVID-19 vaccines

September 22, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 24

An explosion of litigation seeking to strike down COVID-19 shot mandates is a reaction to increasing animus toward Christians whose objections are  based on constitutionally protected religious beliefs — with key cases winding their way […]

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Vatican requires vaccine pass for visitors, employees

September 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 15

Vatican City, Sep 20, 2021 / 08:15 am (CNA). The Vatican will require all visitors and personnel to show a COVID-19 pass proving they have been vaccinated, have recovered from the coronavirus, or have tested […]

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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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Spokane bishop asks Catholic schools to follow state vaccine mandate, affirms exercise of religious exemption

August 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 7

Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane. CNA file photo. / null

Spokane, Wash., Aug 26, 2021 / 14:02 pm (CNA).
Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane wrote on Tuesday that Catholic schools in the diocese will be expected to comply with the state’s vaccine mandate,… […]

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New Jersey parish reverses vaccine mandate for confessions

March 29, 2021 CNA Daily News 5

Washington D.C., Mar 29, 2021 / 03:10 pm (CNA).- A parish in the Diocese of Trenton will no longer restrict the sacrament of confession to those who have received a COVID vaccine, after a clarification from the diocese. 

On Sunday, the Church of … […]

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