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'Deeply flawed': Catholics react to Harris VP selection
On: 8/13/2020, CNA Staff , In: Nation
CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2020 CNA.- Catholics and pro-life organizations offered a range of reactions to the selection of Sen. Kamala Harrisas former vice president Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 election. Biden announced his selection on Aug. ...

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'Deeply flawed': Catholics react to Harris VP selection
On: 8/13/2020, CNA Staff , In: Nation
CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2020 CNA.- Catholics and pro-life organizations offered a range of reactions to the selection of Sen. Kamala Harrisas former vice president Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 election. Biden announced his selection on Aug. ...

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Prisons as pandemic super-spreaders: Latin American church raises alarm
On: 8/13/2020, Eduardo Campos Lima , In: World
SAO PAULO (CNS) -- Ignoring early warnings and pleas from bishops' commissions for prison ministry, countries across Latin America are seeing rising COVID-19 infection rates and deaths among inmates in their generally overcrowded prisons. "Confinement ...

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Holy, not horror: New guide explains hidden ministry of exorcism
On: 8/13/2020, Carol Glatz , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- One kind of ministry, by its nature but also church mandate, shuns the limelight and remains discreet: exorcism. Unfortunately, commercial interests and media have exploited that vacuum, offering sensationalized, spine-chilling ...

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CDC head sees need for schools to reopen but with strict health protocols
On: 8/12/2020, Ian Alvano , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, thinks it is a good idea for schools to reopen for in-person classes but with restrictions in place to protect teachers, staff and students against the ...

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Pandemic has revealed how often human dignity is ignored, pope says
On: 8/12/2020, Cindy Wooden , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on other, "more widespread social diseases," particularly attacks on the God-given human dignity of every person, Pope Francis said. "The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected ...

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'Deeply flawed': Catholics react to Harris VP selection

CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2020 CNA.- Catholics and pro-life organizations offered a range of reactions to the selection of Sen. Kamala Harrisas former vice president Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 election.

SAO PAULO (CNS) -- Ignoring early warnings and pleas from bishops' commissions for prison ministry, countries across Latin America are seeing rising COVID-19 infection rates and deaths among inmates in their generally overcrowded prisons.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- One kind of ministry, by its nature but also church mandate, shuns the limelight and remains discreet: exorcism. Unfortunately, commercial interests and media have exploited that vacuum, offering sensationalized, spine-chilling and, yet, often inaccurate depictions.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, thinks it is a good idea for schools to reopen for in-person classes but with restrictions in place to protect teachers, staff and students against the coronavirus, including "wearing a mask, washing your hands, maintaining social distancing."

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on other, "more widespread social diseases," particularly attacks on the God-given human dignity of every person, Pope Francis said. "The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected we all are. If we do not take care of each other, starting with the least -- those who are most affected, including creation -- we cannot heal the world," the pope said Aug. 12 at his weekly general audience.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Joe Biden's choice of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, as his vice presidential running mate elicited broad smiles from key black Catholics. Others, though, started criticizing her record nearly as soon as the pick was publicized Aug. 11.