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Jewish, Christian and Islamic leaders from across Pittsburgh will participate in an interfaith service March 18, one year to the day after the first covid death in Pennsylvania.
The Tree of Life Congregation will host the service to memorialize the more than 525,000 lives lost across the country since the pandemic began and acknowledge the suffering from the closing of businesses and schools and the disruption of family and religious traditions.
The virtual service, “Covid-19 One Year Later: A Service of Remembrance, Healing & Renewal,” will begin at 8 p.m. and include remarks from Gov. Tom Wolf and religious leaders representing many Pittsburgh communities.
Crafton community fighting to save Catholic school from closure Share Updated: 9:40 PM EST Mar 7, 2021 Share Updated: 9:40 PM EST Mar 7, 2021
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Show Transcript KATELYN: THIS GROUP IS VERY PASSIONATE AND THEY ARE FIGHTING TO SAVE THIS SCHOOL. THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM A PRAYER WALK, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE AT THIS TIME. THESE ARE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY WANT MORE ANSWERS AS TO WHY THIS DECISION WAS MADE, AND THEY ALSO WANT TO STOP THE SCHOOL FROM CLOSING, AND ARE PREPARING TO TAKE IT TO THE VATICAN. WE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKE IT THE WHOLE WAY. WE FEEL, AND OUR CANON LAW LAWYER FEELS THAT THIS WHOLE THING IS INVALID AND NOT FOLLOWING THE CANONICAL LEGAL PROCESSES. KATELYN: STUDENTS OF ST. PHILIPS, THEIR PARENTS AND EVEN THIS COMMUNITY, ALL CAME TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL PREPARED TO FIGHT. THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THAT ST. MARGARET OF SCOTLAND AND ST. PHILI
No, I’m not talking about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott telling people to stop wearing masks even as cases in his state spike and as every single coronavirus variant known to medical science rages in Houston.
I’m talking about the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh joining with the Catholic Conference of Bishops to tell Catholics to avoid the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine a literal medical miracle crafted by hands guided with divine providence that is 85% effective against preventing severe illness in cases of COVID-19 infection, and 100% effective in preventing death in cases of COVID-19 infection.
I am a lifelong Catholic. I am also a childhood cancer survivor; a product of science and medical miracles. Many doctors wrote me off and told my parents they could do nothing more than keep me comfortable until I died. By the grace of God, clinical trials, modern medicine, and nothing short of a miracle, I am able to serve this commonwealth today. As a lifelong Catholic,
The dioceses of Greensburg and Pittsburgh are supporting a recommendation by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that parishioners avoid, if possible, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.
The statement by the bishops, which was released Tuesday, said that believers should get the vaccines that are being manufactured by Pfizer or Moderna, rather than the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine if they have a choice. In a statement, the bishops said the Johnson & Johnson vaccine âwas developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines.â
But the bishops also recommended that if the faithful have no choice and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the only one available, they should go ahead and get that. That is in line with a December directive from the Vatican that it is âmorally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production processâ if there is no
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St. Philip Catholic School in Crafton is scheduled to close as part of a merger, but a group of parents is determined to reverse Bishop David Zubik’s decision.
The Diocese of Pittsburgh announced in February the school would merge with St. Margaret of Scotland School in Green Tree and that the change would become effective at the start of the 2021-22 academic year. The St. Margaret site would host St. Philip school.
The Committee to Save St. Philip School, a group of around 10 to 12 parents and alumni, formally appealed Zubik’s decision on Feb. 22 and has been drumming up support through an online petition and in-person “mandate” signings, which, according to canon (church) law, are needed in order to proceed with the appeal through a procurator and an attorney.