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Catholic Ethics and the Challenge of COVID-19

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• COVID-19 takes toll on Catholic clergy in hard-hit countries by Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski The Associated Press

• Brazil’s bishops urge investigation of country’s COVID-19 vaccine purchases by Lise Alves Catholic News Service

• Archbishop Paglia pleads with Catholic critics of Covid vaccines by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Church in Vietnam mobilises to help those suffering from ongoing Covid-19 crisis by Vatican News

• Dr. Francis Collins: Vatican's COVID-19 vaccine push 'extremely helpful' by Christopher White National Catholic Reporter

• With Pope Francis’ blessing, Catholics pressed Biden White House to waive vaccine patents by Claire Giangravé and Jack Jenkins Religion News Service

• Pope doubles down in press for equity in vaccine distribution by Inés San Martín Crux

• Half of US Mormons are COVID-19 ‘vaccine hesitant’ or ‘vaccine refusers,’ study shows by Jana Riess Religion News Service

• Pope Francis: ‘Morally everyone must take the vaccine’ by ChicagoCatholic

• Vatican conference features Fauci, Francis — and Aerosmith by Nicole Winfield The Associated Press/National Catholic Register

• Vatican tackles psychological fallout from Covid pandemic by Inés San Martín Crux

• Church also suffers losses as India deals with deadly COVID wave by Nirmala Carvalho Crux

• Report: Pandemic gives rise to antisemitic ‘Zoom bombing’ by Michael Kunzelman Religion News Service

• Religious sisters seek to fight the pandemic, and look towards post-COVID world by Inés San Martín Crux

• Pope addresses Covid crisis in message to Ibero-American Summit by Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News

• Vatican set to give second dose of vaccine to migrants, poor people by The Associated Press/Crux

• Covid-19: Bishops of Costa Rica announce Day of Prayer. The Bishops of Costa Rica organize a Day of Prayer this 22 April for all those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. by Vatican News

• Countering Catholic misinformation about vaccines by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk The Boston Pilot

• 'How many of us will be left?' Catholic nuns face loss, pain by Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

• Pope Francis honors sacrifice of medical workers who died in coronavirus pandemic by Catholic News Agency

• Papal nuncio in Peru under fire for getting vaccine with VIPs by Thérèse Thibon La Croix International

• Bishops conference condemns Peru vaccine scandal by Catholic News Agency

• Cardinal says Vatican employees could lose jobs for refusing COVID-19 vaccine by Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency

• Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘The scientific community has a storytelling problem’.The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi, a Buddhist monk ordained by the Dalai Lama, on the impact and challenges of the pandemic. by Julie Schonfeld Religion Mews Service

• Vatican urges equal access to vaccines amid production delay by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Pandemic forces changes to Roman Curia’s annual Lenten retreat by Courtney Mares CNA

• Homeless people receive Covid-19 vaccine in the Vatican by Michele Raviart & Linda BordoniVatican News

• COVID Reality: Reflection Of A Hospital Chaplain…Part 1 by William Helmsworth Patheos

• COVID Reality: Reflection Of A Hospital Chaplain…Part 2 by William Hemsworth Patheos

• Rome priest chronicles ministering while sick with COVID-19 by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/ UCA News

• Pope Francis suggests people have moral obligation to take coronavirus vaccine by Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Register

• Holy Spirit sister who survived COVID-19 donates plasma to save others by Saji Thomas Global Sisters Report

• Pope on COVID-19 vaccine: Needy, vulnerable must come first by Frances D/Emilio Associated Press

• Kirk Cameron Condemns "Mask Gestapo" While Publicizing COVID-Spreading... by Beth Stronenurder Patheos

• COVID’s Toll on the Orthodox Christian Church .Denial and defiance among the clergy have led to deaths. by George E. Demacopoulos Commonweal

• Holy See: 'Covid-19 vaccines must be accessible to all.'. Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič highlights the need for intensified international cooperation and multilateral efforts to fully respect fundamental human rights and guarantee accessibility to the Covid-19 vaccine for all. by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News

• An exclusive essay by Pope Francis on a ‘personal Covid,’ his exile in Argentina by Pope Francis America

• 43 Catholic priests have died in Italy’s 2nd wave of coronavirus by Hannah Brockhaus CNA/The Catholic World Report

• Covid: the deception of selfishness, the force of compassion by Vatican News

• Anglican leaders in call for “equitable” global access to Covid-19 vaccines after online meeting by Anglican News

• Kenya: Missionaries responding to Covid-19 by Matt Moran  Independent Catholic News

• General Audience Closes to Public After Positive Case of COVID-19 by Junno Arocho Esteves CNS/The Tablet

• Trump evangelical advisers exposed to COVID-19 flout CDC guidelines, preach in public,  A number of high-profile Christian leaders attended recent Washington, D.C., events with people who have since tested positive for COVID-19. Some have chosen to quarantine out of precaution, but others continue to travel and even to preach in front of their congregations. by Jack Jenkins and  Emily McFarla  Religion News Service

• Pope urges political leaders to ensure coronavirus vaccines get to poor nations by Associated Press/Crux

• Priest’s 100-mile bike ride raises COVID-19 aid for parish — and hope by Administrator  Catholic News Service

• Pelosi to church: 'Follow science' on COVID-19 restrictions by Lisa Mascaro National Catholic Reporter

• Covid-19: Building a healthier future byVatican News

• Jared Kushner Not Sure Why You Chickenshits Are So “Hysterical” About a Virus That’s Killed 195,000 Americans by Vanity Fair

• COVID deniers invoke Pope Benedict, burn image of Francis at Rome rally by Crux Staff Crux

• COVID-19 has killed more law enforcement officers this year than all other causes combined by Harmeet Kaur The Philadelphia Tribune

• Meng Foon: Racist stereotypes on the rise in the age of Covid-19 by CathNews New Zealand

• COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a dangerous providentialism among Catholics by Rebecca Bratten Weiss National Catholics Reporter

• John MacArthur claimed there is 'no pandemic.' He was politicizing science, experts say by Yonat Shimron  Religion News Service

• Vatican official: ‘Radical’ response needed for ‘radical’ COVID-19 crisis by Inés San Martín Crux

• Philippine bishops honor medical staff on Heroes' Day. Doctors and nurses taking care of Covid-19 patients are modern-day heroes, they say by Joseph Peter Calleja UCA News

• Virus mask refusals driven not just by politics. It’s religion, too. by Rick Snederer Patheos

• Vatican publishes book containing Pope Francis’s “lockdown” homilies. Vatican Publishing House publishes downloadable .pdf publication containing Pope Francis’s daily homilies from Casa Santa Marta and prayers suggested for the Coronavirus pandemic. by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp  Vatican News

• Father James Martin: Wearing a mask is pro-life by  Father James Martin. S.J. America

• Indian bishop accused of rape tests positive for COVID-19 after bail cancelled by Nirmala Carvalho Crux

• RIP Archbishop Moses Costa - Death of Bangladesh Archbishop due to COVID-19 - at Age 70 by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World

• Cardinal Dolan Blesses Ashes of Mexican Nationals Who Died of COVID-19 by  Rhina Guidos CNA/The Tablet

• As a Sufi singer, I believe the sounds of world religions can cultivate compassion during COVID-19 by Shumaila Hemani UCA News

• The Muslim bereaved cruelly deprived of closure by coronavirus by Nazia Parveen The Guardian

• Centuries-old Marian procession falls victim to Covid-19. Philippine bishop begs for understanding from millions of devotees for canceling 300-year-old religious festival by Joseph Peter CallejaUCA News

• Priests are on front lines of COVID-19 as they minister to the sick, dying by Rick SnizekCatholic News Service/Crux

• Bangladesh archbishop critically ill with Covid-19 by Robin Gomes VaticanNews

• Fr. Michael McGivney: Coronavirus victim and soon-to-be Blessed. Looking for a saint in these Covid-19-troubled times? Look no further than Venerable Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, who died during a coronavirus pandemic in 1890. by Devin WatkinsVaticanNews Service

• Cardinal Cupich: How Vatican II can help us navigate the politics of a pandemic by Blase J. Cupich   America

• Covid-19: US Bishops demand aid for poor and vulnerable by Vatican News

• How One Priest Is Helping African-Americans Cope With COVID-19 by Paula Katinas and Currents News Staff NetTV

• NY priest on virus front lines with embattled congregation by John Minchillo Associated Press/Crux

• Cardinal Turkson: Vatican mobilising Church’s “whole network of charity and solidarity” to tackle COVID-19 by Mada Jurado Novena News

• Pope creates coronavirus commission to respond to pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/Crux

• COVID-19 takes toll on Maryknoll religious community in New York by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Report

• Pope Francis speaks with FrenchPresident Macron about coronavirus, international debt relief by Gerard O’Connell  America

• 103-year-old nun is Ireland’s oldest COVID-19 survivor by IrishCentral Staff Irish Central

• Gift drive for the children of Muslim inmates seeks to serve the ‘hidden ummah’ by Aysha Khan Religion News Service

• English bishops urge a ‘criteria of fairness’ when assessing care for COVID-19 patients by Charles Collins Crux

• Carmelite nuns get thousands of followers as they TikTok through the COVID-19 pandemic by Katholiek Nieuwsblad Crux

• Vatican donates ventilators to hospitals in Syria, sets up emergency fund by Catholic News Service/Crux

• Help people regardless of faith, says Cardinal Coutts by UCA News reporterUCA News

• Special Covid-19 care sought for Bhopal disaster survivor by UCA News reporterUCA News

• As Ramadan nears, prisons urged to accommodate faith needs during pandemic by Aysha KhanReligion News Service

• Covid-19: Pope calls to express his closeness to New Yorkers by Robin Gomes Vatican News

• Caritas supporting local Churches in fighting Covid-19 by Devin Watkins Vatican News

• Priests Talk of Isolation During Crisis by Paula KatinasThe Tablet

• Covid-19: Archbishop Hinder appeals for ceasefire in Yemen by Linda BordoniVaticanNews Agency

• African Catholic bishops emphasize hope amid COVID-19 by Fredrick Nzwili The Catholic World Report

• India charges Muslim leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge by Sanjeev Miglani and  Aftab Ahmed Reuters

• East European Catholics draw lockdown parallels with communist rule by Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service/Crux

• Bishop allows doctors to give Communion to coronavirus patients by Junno Arocho EstevesCatholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Pope thanks detainees, prison workers for Good Friday meditation by Christopher WellsVaticanNews

• Chicago Priests Volunteer and Train to Give Last Rites to COVID-19 Patients by The Tablet Staff The Tablet

• Cardinal: 'Our faith needs to kick in' amid pandemic crisis by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service

• Chinese Catholics give food to pandemic-hit Filipinos by UCA News reporter  UCANews.com

• Church in South Africa supports government’s COVID-19 efforts, archbishop says by Crux Staff Crux

• Dominicans donate 60 beds to a Michigan overflow facility for COVID-19 by Daniel Meloy Catholic News Service/Crux

• Pope prays for priests who have died serving sick in pandemic by Independent Catholic News

• Pope Francis attacks Hitler-style populists by UCANews reporter UCANews.com

• ‘A Time of Great Uncertainty’. An Interview with Pope Francis by Austen Ivereigh Commonweal

• Pope says pandemic a chance to ‘see’ the poor and rethink production, consumption by Inés San Martín Crux

• Sister Helen Prejean spending COVID-19 quarantine advocating for prisoners by Christopher White Crux

• Coronavirus and the Talmud by Adam Kirsh Tablet Magazine

• Dutch monasteries face financial crisis due to COVID-19 lockdown by Katholiek Nieuwsblad Crux

• India’s Bombay Archdiocese urges cremation of coronavirus victims by Robin Gomes  Vatican News

• Sikh volunteer group delivering food to the self-isolated by CathNews New Zealand

• Monks offer free caskets amid coronavirus by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

• Coronavirus and the Talmud by Adam Kirsh  Tablet

• The church after coronavirus: new understandings of social mission by Heidi Schlumpf, Michael Sean Winters, Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Reporter

• With Courage and Conviction, Little Sisters of the Poor Face Coronavirus Threat by Mary Rose ShortNational Catholics Register

• Papacies in Lockdown. How does the pandemic compare to crises of the past? by Massimo Faggioli Commonweal

• Rabbi Addresses Concerns Over Virus Spread in Orthodox Communities by Currents News Staff Currents/New Evangelization Television (NET)

• Rabbi Brad on Finding God in the Midst of Fear byTeam Busted Halo   Busted Halo

• Analysis: Policy and pastoral leadership in a time of crisis by JD Flynn and Ed Condon  CNA/The Catholic World Report

• Barna President Tells CBN News Online Church Attendance Up, Giving Down, Right Before First Digital Easter in History by Jennifer Wishon CBN News

• Coronavirus: Cardinal Tagle urges "forgiveness of debt” of poor countries by Robin GomesVaticanNews

• Pope Francis to those isolated because of the coronavirus: ‘United to Christ, we are never alone’ by Gerard O’Connell America

• Pope Francis Prays the Church Will Welcome the Homeless During Coronavirus by Hannah BrockhausCNA/National Catholic Register

• Marta on Saturday morning is for all those experiencing hunger as a result of the measures to contain the coronavirus. by Sr Bernadette M. Reis, fsp Vatican News

• Police raids on Italian churches raise religious freedom concerns by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Catholic aid worker calls on leaders to be ‘factual, accurate’ after chloroquine overdose in Nigeria by Crux Staff  Crux

• What it’s like to be a hospital chaplain during Covid-19 by Michael J. O’Loughlin America

• Be Grateful for the Gift of Televised Mass on EWTN by Michael Warsawer National Catholic Reporter

• Sisters in health care, advocacy and immigration respond to expanding needs of coronavirus situation by Dan Stockman  National Catholic Reporter

• Pope defends priests, religious who brave pandemic to serve the poor against ‘elite mentality’ by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• New York cardinal hopes coronavirus crisis stirs ‘newfound respect’ for life by Christopher White Crux

• Argentina’s president calls in priests to help prepare slums for COVID-19 by Inés San Martín Crux

• Vatican monsignor tests positive for Covid-19 by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/UCANews,com

• Pope Francis Donates 30 Ventilators to Hospitals Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

• When Coronavirus and Moral Relativism Collide by Jennifer Roback Morse  National Catholic Register

• Anglican Alliance consults churches and agencies on Coronavirus response by Anglican Community News Service

• Coronavirus ethics begins with a recognition of our limitations by Kevin W. Wildes America

• Catholic missionaries warn that Brazil’s indigenous people are at high risk from coronavirus By  Eardo Campos Lima America

• Pope Francis and the response to coronavirus by Andrea Gagliarducci MondayVatican

• Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic by Jnno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service/America

• The Virus – and Other Moral Hazards by Hadley Arkes  The Catholic Thing

• Caring more for each other could have ameliorated the pandemic. It’s not too late. by Thomas Reese Religion News Service

• Orthodox Jewish leaders unite against the coronavirus by Elana Schor Religion News Service

• Coronavirus Tracker: Vatican allows general absolution, new ways of being church by Joshua J. McElwee and Jesse Remedios National Catholic Reporter

• The coronavirus is upending thousands of years of Jewish tradition by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Pope Francis authorizes plenary indulgences and general absolution as coronavirus crisis escalates by Gerard O’Connell America

• Pope at Mass prays for those who have died because of the virus by Vatican News

• Examen for Life During Covid 19 by Susan Haarmen Ignation Spirituality Network

• As religious groups weigh virus response, Samaritan’s Purse donates a field hospital by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service’

• Tell Liberty University trustees Fire Jerry Falwell by Faithful America

• Papal Almoner: Vatican services for the poor continue despite coronavirus by Devin Watkins Vatican News

• What Islamic hygienic practices can teach when coronavirus is spreading by Rose Asian Religion News Service

• Feeling our Vulnerability by Father Joseph Chamblain, O.S.M., Profiles in Catholicism

• Pandemic a time of understanding value of brotherhood, cardinal says by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/Crux

• Coronavirus, social distancing and the company of the faith by Massimo Faggioli National Catholic Reporter

• Influential Evangelical Calls Out Trump’s ‘Sloppy & Dangerous’ Coronavirus Lies by Ed Mazza HuffPost

• Little Sisters of the Poor ramping up protections for elderly over coronavirus by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

• Liberal Christian group calls on TV networks and Roku to drop Bakker show by Gregory J. Holman Springfield News-Leader

• Cardinal close to pope says modern-day ‘plague’ boosts ‘Culture of Life’ by Inés San Martín Crux

• Vatican expresses closeness to those affected by coronavirus. In a message, the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life is inviting all to face the emergency with seriousness, serenity and courage. by Robin Gomes Vatican News Service

• Latin Mass Society say no to Communion in the hand after Bishops' Coronavirus guidelines by Independent Catholic News

• N.Y. attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: Stop peddling unproven coronavirus cures by Julie Zauzmer The Washington Post/Religion News Service

• The Spirituality of Coronavirus by Dwight Lee Wolter Patheos

• Lourdes shrine closes healing pools as precaution against coronavirus by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Archdiocese releases guidelines amid coronavirus concerns by Angelus StaffAngelus

• CSPI Urges FDA Enforcement Action on Televangelist Jim Bakker’s Fake Coronavirus “Cure” by Center for Science in the Public Interest

Buddhism

Articles/Commentaries

• Covid sweeps India's Buddhist monasteries by BBC News