Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools
Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will adopt an optional mask policy effective Feb. 14 in most jurisdictions that do not mandate masks in schools. The new policy replaces a previous requirement that masks be worn in all Catholic schools.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News
The Ascension St. Agnes COVID-19 Vaccine Team and Health Institute in southwest Baltimore has administered 30,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in 13 months from Dec. 17, 2020, to January 2022.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News
Catholic communicators must help provide correct and truthful information about COVID-19 and its vaccines and do so in a way that avoids oversimplification and creating conflict, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools
Despite the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick, which serves grades Pre-K to eight, has managed to increase its student enrollment from 466 students in Fall 2020 to 608 students in January 2022.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
In promoting Christian unity, ecumenical prayer and practical cooperation among divided church communities, the COVID-19 pandemic has not been all bad news.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, World News
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Jan. 13 blocked a rule by the Biden administration that would have required employees at large businesses to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or wear masks and get tested each week for the coronavirus.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The COVID-19 pandemic calls for an urgent reality check against baseless information and for increased efforts so everyone has access to vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools, Pope Francis told diplomats from around the world.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News
The rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has led bishops in dioceses nationwide to reimpose mask mandates for students and staff at schools as well as for Mass attendees regardless of vaccination status.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News
Catholic hospitals in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are being hit by medical and clinical staffing shortages and other challenges as the surge in COVID-19 cases continues filling emergency rooms throughout the state.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Wearing a high-filtering mask over one’s nose and mouth at Mass “is a small sacrifice we can bring to the altar as an offering pleasing to God for the good of all his children,” said Father Roberto Colombo, a geneticist and member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory announced in a Dec. 31, 2021, statement that he tested positive for COVID-19. He was asymptomatic at the time and remained so Jan. 3, according to the media relations director for the archdiocese.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News
In response to the rising numbers on positive COVID-19 cases and the hospitalization crisis, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has declared new COVID-19 protocols for all parishes effective Dec. 29, 2021, until Jan. 31, 2022.
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