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Pope Francis calls for shake-up of healthcare in wake of pandemic

Vatican City, Oct 7, 2020 / 09:30 am (CNA).- Healthcare must be made more accessible to the poor in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, Pope Francis said Wednesday. The pope proposed Oct. 7 that when a COVID-19 vaccine is developed it should be administered to people regardless of income. “Healthcare systems … need to… Read More »

Catholic bishops in Queensland aim to educate on sanctity of life

CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The bishops of the five dioceses in Australia's Queensland state have written a pastoral letter urging that euthanasia and assisted suicide not be legalized, and recalling that a peaceful death can be had with palliative care. “The Catholic Church is opposed to voluntary assisted dying. However,… Read More »

Vatican City State makes masks compulsory outdoors

CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Face coverings must be worn outdoors within the territory of Vatican City State to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a Vatican official announced Tuesday. In a Oct. 6 letter to Vatican department heads, Bishop Fernando Vérgez, Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State,… Read More »

Chinese bishop resigns as deadline for renewing Vatican deal nears

Rome Newsroom, Oct 6, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Ahead of the expected renewal of the Vatican-China deal this month, the former underground bishop of Mindong has announced his complete resignation from public life. Bishop Guo Xijin, 62, wrote in a letter published by Asia News Oct. 5 explaining that he was retiring to concentrate… Read More »

US bishops call for more security funding after wave of church attacks

CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- The U.S. bishops’ religious freedom chair has called for better protection of churches and other houses of worship, following a recent series of acts of vandalism. Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami joined other religious leaders in a letter to congressional leaders on Monday, asking for quadrupled… Read More »

Biden doubles down on abortion law pledge

CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2020 / 09:30 am (CNA).-   Former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, repeated his pledge to codify a right to abortion into federal law should the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision be overturned by the Supreme Court. Speaking at an outdoor town hall event airing on… Read More »

Supreme Court judges say Obergefell a 'problem' for religious liberty

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 5, 2020 / 01:45 pm (CNA).-   Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Monday said that the Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling is already posing problems for religious freedom. “By choosing to privilege a novel constitutional right [to same-sex marriage] over the religious liberty interests explicitly protected in the First Amendment,… Read More »

Analysis: What we don’t know about the Becciu-Pell allegations – yet

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 5, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- Late last week, multiple Italian newspapers reported that Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been accused of sending 700,000 euros of Vatican funds to Australia during Cardinal George Pell’s trial on charges of sexual abuse.  Those reports, following Becciu’s resignation 10 days ago, come amid a flurry… Read More »