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  WASHINGTON, April 7, 2021 – A coalition of 28 U.S. Catholic organizations is marking World Health Day by announcing unified support to encourage constituents and faith communities to accept vaccination as an act of charity and solidarity with others that will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and build immunity against the virus.  The coalition is promoting vaccine equity in the U.S. and around the world, drawing on Catholic social teaching, for people who are underserved or marginalized. This includes communities of color, rural areas and others with limited vaccine availability in ...

A Walgreens health care professional prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTec COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 22 in Evanston, Illinois. (CNS/Kamil Krzaczynski, Reuters) On World Health Day, April 7, a new group of 31 U.S. Catholic organizations encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others. The group also emphasized the need for vaccine equity in the United States and around the world. "This is a clarion call for us to act," said Mercy Sr. Mary Haddad, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, noting the significance of announci...

Presider Vice President for National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations Paul Angelo, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.   This webinar is part of the Religion and Foreign Policy Program's Social Justice and Foreign Policy series, which explores the relationship between religion and social justice.  FASKIANOS: Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations Social Justice and Foreign Policy webinar series. I'm Irina Faskianos, vice president for the National Program and Outreach at CFR...

Presider Vice President for National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations J. Nadine Gracia, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Trust for America’s Health, and Jennifer Nuzzo, senior fellow for global health at CFR, discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and ensuring it is equitably distributed throughout the United States.  FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations Social Justice and Foreign Policy webinar series hosted by the Religion and Foreign Policy Program. I'm Irina Faskianos, vice president for the National Program and Outreach at C...

American Rescue Plan praised for helping ‘the most vulnerable among us’ Dr. Mayank Amin surprises Nancy Higgins of Trappe, Pa., with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 27, 2021. (CNS photo/Hannah Beier, Reuters) By Catholic News Service • Posted March 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (CNS) — The American Rescue Plan is “an extraordinarily practical way to help the American people,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a statement March 11, the same day President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law. “People have the right to expect that their money, in th...