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Brazilians 'need vaccines now,' says document signed by bishops, others

...People wave Brazilian flags during a protest in São Paulo March 14, 2021, after the state government mandated further restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. A consortium of groups that includes the Brazilian bishops' conference has asked Brazilians, especially young people, not to deny the existence of the pandemic. (CNS photo/Carla Carniel, Reuters)
...Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a ceremony announcing the government's ability to purchase vaccines against COVID-19. The ceremony was in the capital, Brasilia, March 10, 2021. Bolsonaro has been criticized for denying the critical situation the country is facing during the pandemic. (CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)

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Faith leaders recognized as having vital role in world's pandemic response

Faith leaders recognized as having vital role in world's pandemic response
On: 3/17/2021,
By Dennis Sadowski,
, In: Nation
...Bernice Bohannon, who is 111 years old, is comforted by a nurse following her COVID-19 vaccination at IU Health Neuroscience Center in Indianapolis March 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Chris Bergin, Reuters)
...A worker at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle holds up a sign March 13, 2021, to signal that a station for administering the COVID-19 vaccine needed more doses. (CNS photo/Lindsey Wasson, Reuters)
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CLEVELAND (CNS) -- Faith leaders have an important role to play as the world continues to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and the ups and downs of vaccine distribution, participants in a webinar heard.

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Bishops back bill to protect faith-based foster care, adoption providers

...The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington Jan. 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
...The sun rises behind the Supreme Court building in Washington Nov. 4, 2020. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
...Sharonell Fulton, a foster parent in Philadelphia, is pictured with a young woman and child in a May 23, 2018, photo. The Supreme Court case Fulton v. Philadelphia centers on the city of Philadelphia's 2018 exclusion of a Catholic-run program in the Philadelphia Archdiocese over the agency's policy of not placing children with same-sex couples or unmarried couples. (CNS photo/courtesy Becket Religious Liberty for All)
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Top Knight says group is 'force for good,' bolsters men's faith, families

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Patrick Kelly's formal installation as the 14th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus is still off in the indefinite future because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he officially began his new job March 1 at the Knights' headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Chaos Walking

Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland star in a scene from the movie "Chaos Walking." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Murray Close, Lionsgate)
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NEW YORK (CNS) -- "If you could read my mind, love/What a tale my thoughts could tell." So mused Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in a hit song from a half-century ago.
The downside of such a situation bedevils the hero of the dull dystopian science fiction drama "Chaos Walking" (Lionsgate). He inhabits a world where men's thoughts -- though not women's -- take audible and sometimes visible form, and thus can only be concealed with great difficulty. While that proves troubling for him and those around him, the effect on the film's audience is nothing short of torturous.

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Pope names woman Scripture scholar as secretary of biblical commission

Pope names woman Scripture scholar as secretary of biblical commission
On: 3/11/2021,
By
, In: World
...Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, an Old Testament scholar, and professor at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis named her to be secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. (CNS photo/courtesy Pontifical Gregorian University)
...Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, an Old Testament scholar, and professor at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis named her to be secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. (CNS photo/courtesy Pontifical Gregorian University)
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, an Old Testament scholar and professor at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, to be secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

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Echoes. Vital Support for Mission Priests. Published 3/12/2021

We are blessed that many Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston follow the time-honored custom of requesting a Mass to be celebrated for their loved ones, living or deceased, or for special intentions. We thank those who choose to have these Masses said in the missions and invite others to join their ranks in following this tradition.
When a Mass offering is made to The Propagation of the Faith, the stipend is sent to the missions, along with the name of the person or intention for whom the Mass is to be celebrated. Priests serving the Church in Africa, Asia and South America unite themselves and their congregations to you in the clearest sign of our Church's universality -- the Eucharist.

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USCCB Administrative Committee's pastoral message marks year of pandemic

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. life has 'dramatically changed' due to the yearlong pandemic, and alongside it, racial injustices and political divisions have shaken the nation, yet there is 'comfort in God's promise,' the U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee said in a March 9 pastoral message.

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Irish Pastoral Center promotes culture and community across generations

DORCHESTER -- From visiting the incarcerated to holding a preschool playgroup and assisting exchange students to organizing community events, the Irish Pastoral Center aims to serve the spiritual, social, and cultural needs of the local Irish community.
The Irish Pastoral Center (IPC), which calls itself "a parish without boundaries," is a collaboration between the Archdiocese of Boston and the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in Ireland. It was founded in 1987 out of St. Mark Parish in Dorchester in response to an influx of Irish immigrants to the Greater Boston Area. The IPC provides a wide variety of services and resources, assisting clients with accommodation, employment, counseling, immigration, spiritual support, and referrals for social work.

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Boston Catholic Directory 2021 released

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In a year when deadlines and production plans were, to say the least, a challenge to its staff, the archdiocese's "go-to resource" was shipped recently to subscribers: parishes, agencies, institutions, and individuals.
The cover photo of this year's Boston Catholic Directory, taken by Pilot Managing Editor Gregory L. Tracy, features the splendid renovation and restoration of St. Mary of the Annunciation Church in Danvers. The parish, under the leadership of its current pastor, Father Michael Doyle, sponsored the cover, while his right-hand man, Msgr. Frederick Murphy, provided the condensed version of the history of the parish on page two. Thanks to both of them and to their parish.

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