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Denver Newsroom, Jul 24, 2020 / 04:51 pm (CNA).- As someone who teaches couples about Natural Family Planning (NFP), Jeanice Vinduska most often fields questions of doubt from couples who are used to artificial means of contraception, such as birth control pills and IUDs. It can be difficult to convince some people that a natural means of planning and spacing children is effective and worthwhile, especially in a culture where artificial contraception is widely accepted and used, Vinduska told CNA. But Vinduska also fields questions from Catholics and Christians who are dubious of NFP because ...

One directive has not changed: Masks will still be required to attend Mass. The action comes after Gov. John Bel Edwards made revisions last week to state guidelines on masking and other COVID policies. “Most of the guidelines the governor has modified deal with the wearing of masks in gatherings outside and inside of buildings,” the bishop said. “Each of these is modified depending on the amount and possibility of physical distancing. Of particular importance for gathering in church is the guideline that allows the option to gather at full capacity for Mass if masks are worn. Because i...

Local churches prepare for Easter Sunday with no capacity limits Local churches prepare for Easter Sunday with no capacity limits 1 hour 47 minutes 49 seconds ago Thursday, April 01 2021 Apr 1, 2021 April 01, 2021 11:00 PM April 01, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE- With the change in capacity limits for churches Easter Sunday will look busier than last year, pastors comparing it to Super Bowl Sunday. "There was no Easter service last year, none of them, it was almost like an earth-shaking kind of event,” said Bishop Michael Duca of the Baton Rouge Diocese. "It's tough just talk...

WASHINGTON: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday reiterated the Vatican’s teaching on COVID-19 vaccines produced with the help of abortion-derived cell lines, after a vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson received FDA approval over the weekend. The bishops echoed the Vatican in stating that it is “morally acceptable” to receive COVID-19 vaccines produced using cell lines from aborted fetuses when no alternative is available, but if possible, Catholics ought to choose a vaccine with a more remote connection to abortion. “The Congregation for the Doctrine of the ...

Fewer Catholics may choose not to get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine because stem cells from abortions were used Catholics debate on whether to receive J&J vaccine By Breanne Bizette | March 2, 2021 at 4:45 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 9:28 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Catholic leaders in Louisiana are challenging parishioners to make a “moral evaluation” before getting the latest coronavirus vaccine. Most practicing Catholics are anti-abortion, but the Church says the Johnson and Johnson vaccine was created using stem cells from abortions procured more than 30 years ago. Some...