Susan Lavin, a member of The Madeleine Parish in Portland, Oregon, receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Oregon Convention Center Feb. 24, 2021. (CNS/Catholic Sentinel/Courtesy of Susan Lavin)
This week, the chairs of the U.S. bishops conference committees on doctrine and pro-life activities issued a statement advising Catholics awaiting a COVID-19 vaccine to choose, if possible, the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines over the recently approved Johnson & Johnson s one due to a less remote connection between this newest vaccine and abortion. A previous statement by the New Orleans Archdiocese characterized the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as morally compromised. A handful of other bishops have concurred.
Biden Preserves DACA but Recipients Urge for a More Permanent Solution
Courtesy of Loyola University ChicagoIn 2013, Loyola s Stritch School of Medicine became the first medical school to accept DACA recipients. Current DACA students, at Stritch and elsewhere, are still worried about what the future of DACA looks like.
Published February 17, 2021 7:12 a.m. CT
When President Joe Biden issued a memo ordering the preservation and fortification of a 2012 Obama-era policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, many recipients let out a sigh of relief. Since 2017, they had been “living in limbo” as former President Trump tried to rescind the program.