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Easter attendance expected far behind pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic, as declared last March by the World Health Organization, was not even two weeks old when then-President Donald Trump famously said he wanted to see packed churches on Easter. That didn t happen.
Denver Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez celebrates Mass Feb. 4, 2021, for the opening of the SEEK21 conference. The national conference of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students drew over 27,000 participants for its virtual events Feb. 4-7 and included college students, missionaries, FOCUS alumni, parishioners, young adults, FOCUS benefactors, clergy, religious and others. (CNS photo/courtesy Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Feb.11, 2021 Catholic News Service DENVER Denver Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez had two questions about sharing the Catholic faith for participants in this year s Fellowship of Catholic University Students conference: Are we presenting in our message the true image of God? Are we delivering the good news of a God of love?
Like Amazon, students should deliver the good news fast, bishop says at SEEK21
Denver Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez celebrates Mass Feb. 4, 2021, for the opening of the SEEK21 conference. The national conference of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students drew over 27,000 participants for its virtual events Feb. 4-7 and included college students, missionaries, FOCUS alumni, parishioners, young adults, FOCUS benefactors, clergy, religious and others. (CNS photo/courtesy Fellowship of Catholic University Students)
By Catholic News Service • Posted February 12, 2021
DENVER (CNS) Denver Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez had two questions about sharing the Catholic faith for participants in this year’s Fellowship of Catholic University Students conference: “Are we presenting in our message the true image of God? Are we delivering the good news of a God of love?”
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CNA Staff, Jan 13, 2021 / 03:39 pm (CNA).- Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, was executed early Wednesday morning, despite her attorneys’ arguments that her severe mental illness rendered her unable to understand why she was being killed.
Montgomery’s execution was one day after her scheduled execution date on January 12. On Monday, a court had issued a stay of execution as it was unclear if Montgomery was mentally competent enough to be executed.
Montgomery’s attorneys say she has brain damage and severe mental illness, including diagnoses of bipolar disorder, dissociative disorder, psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorder associated with being a victim of abuse and human trafficking.
Baptist, Catholic leaders reconcile support for vaccine, opposition to abortion Follow Us
Question of the Day By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic leaders are walking a tightrope in explaining their support for two COVID-19 vaccines, even though those drugs’ effectiveness was tested using genetic material from a line of cells linked to a fetus aborted in the 1970s.
Neither vaccine produced by U.S. drugmakers Moderna and Pfizer comprise or are derived from fetal cells, according to the manufacturers and U.S. regulators.
However, both used fetal cell line HEK-293 in a “confirmation test” of their innovative vaccines a step that gives pause to some pro-life Christians.