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Pope Francis celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic

Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome’s most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.

Pope Francis: ‘Morally everyone must take the vaccine’

While the growing availability of effective COVID-19 vaccines is a sign of hope, the pandemic is still far from over. The number of cases is growing globally, with India seeing more than 400,000 in just one day. As the virus mutates, the pandemic will continue to wreak havoc with mounting death tolls, financial ruin, social isolation and great suffering for the most vulnerable.

New life

Have you gotten your vaccination yet? That’s become the new small talk, the new topic of conversation among friends and family.

Faith leaders discuss COVID-19 vaccine on ABC-7 town hall

Leaders of religious communities have a role to play in encouraging members of their congregations to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and in building a more just, equitable society where members of all faiths and none are recognized as members of the common human family.

Three parishes to host COVID-19 vaccination events

Three Chicago parishes will host vaccination events in April as part of the city’s initiative to reach underserved communities through their houses of worship.

Papal charity runs Holy Week vaccination clinic for the poor

The Office of Papal Charities has purchased enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to offer inoculations in Rome to 1,200 of “the poorest and most marginalized people who, because of their situation, are the most exposed” to the coronavirus.

Bishops say COVID-19 vaccine can be used in good conscience

In a new video, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “can be used in good moral conscience.”

St. Gall hosts event to vaccinate vulnerable community

The lower level of St. Gall Church, 5511 S. Sawyer Ave., was buzzing with activity on March 13 as 500 people received the first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during an event organized by the Chicago Department of Public Health, the Southwest Organizing Project, Friend Health and Catholic Charities.

Teachers, school staff receive vaccinations for COVID-19

When Daughter of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe Claudia Carrillo, principal of Immaculate Conception School, 8739 S. Exchange Ave., learned that she and her fellow sisters who teach at the school could receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, she jumped at the chance.

In tribal lands, vaccines have offered relief lacking in urban areas

As news spread of COVID-19’s toll on vulnerable populations, the health of 73-year-old great-grandmother Carol Craig was of great concern to her 8-year-old great-granddaughter.
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