Denver, Colo., Dec 10, 2017 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- This week, TIME Magazine announced a group of women and men as their collective Person of the Year.
What do these people have in common? They are what TIME called “The Silence Breakers” – people who have blown the whistle on sexual assault and abuse within the workplace, largely in the industries of film, politics, and media.
In recent months an avalanche of abuse allegations have been brought to light against powerful figures, starting most notably with a piece in the New York Times in which several women accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. This sparked a flood of men and women coming forward with other allegations of abuse against numerous people in positions of power.
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia
By Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia • Catholic News Service • Posted January 14, 2021
Nowadays, the church cannot be a mere guardian of ideas and beliefs, however good and righteous that may be. The mystery of life, that is, the way God dwells in history, must not only be safeguarded and protected, but also pragmatically proclaimed as much as possible, because men and women on this planet need to perceive the salvific presence of the Spirit in their lives. This change of approach is extremely relevant today.
First, as Pope Francis often says, the church and all of us, the community of believers, must be out and about, not shut up inside, to proclaim our Christian values and principles in everyday life. We must bring Christianity back to the streets, where its lifeblood is much needed. A profound rethinking of the questions that are crucial for humanity implicitly needs everyone’s help.
.Disciples of the Redeemer Sister Angel Bipendu, a physician from Congo working in the public health service in Villa d Alme, Italy, is seen in her office in this August 2020 photo. Sister Bipendu, who was on the frontline of caring for Italian COVID-19 patients, said her hope for 2021 is based on the availability of vaccines, but especially on trust that people now know what to do to slow the spread. (CNS photo/courtesy of Sister Angel Bipendu) .Disciples of the Redeemer Sister Angel Bipendu, a physician from Congo working in the public health service in Villa d Alme, Italy, is seen in her office in this August 2020 photo. Sister Bipendu, who was on the frontline of caring for Italian COVID-19 patients, said her hope for 2021 is based on the availability of vaccines, but especially on trust that people now know what to do to slow the spread. (CNS photo/courtesy Sister Angel Bipendu)
Jan 9, 2021 senior correspondent
Sometime over the next few days the Vatican is expected to begin distributing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to citizens and employees, with priority given first to medical personnel, those with specific illnesses, and the elderly, including retired employees.
ROME – Sometime over the next few days, the Vatican is expected to begin distributing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to citizens and employees, with priority given first to medical personnel, those with specific illnesses, and the elderly, including retired employees.
Details of the rollout remain scant, though some indications have been given over the last few days.
Speaking to Italian newspaper
Il Messaggero last week, Andrea Arcangeli, director of the Vatican’s health and hygiene office, said that “It’s a question of days” before the vaccine doses arrive and they can begin distributions.
Salud! : A better 2021 requires more than a toast
Friday, Jan. 08, 2021
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY Whether or not they raised a glass of bubbly as the new year made its debut, many people around the world were convinced that 2021 had to be better than 2020 was.
Pope Francis, leading the recitation of the Angelus Jan. 3, had a simple-sounding idea for how to make that happen.
“We do not know what 2021 holds for us,” he said, “but what each one of us, and all of us together, can do is to take care of each other and of creation, our common home.”