Members of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe tend to a COVID-19 patient in the sisters health service. (Courtesy of the International Union of Superiors General)
In the face of a global health pandemic that is worsening in some countries, it is up to the universal church and Catholic sisters to continue and intensify efforts to get people vaccinated, says a sister heading the health task force for the Vatican COVID-19 Commission.
During an April 27 webinar sponsored by the Rome-based International Union of Superiors General (UISG), Sr. Carol Keehan of the Daughters of Charity said the health task force believes those who daily serve people who live in poverty and who have their trust are the best hope for safe and fair distribution of vaccines as well as the best tool for convincing people of the safety and importance of taking the vaccines.
Religious sisters seek to fight the pandemic, and look towards post-COVID world
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In this file photo, Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, former president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, speaks at an Oct. 22 dialogue of Catholic women leaders at Georgetown University in Washington. (Credit: CNS photo/Lisa Helfert, Georgetown University.)
Some 300 religious sisters on Tuesday heard their peers call on them to “empower women” through education, institutions specifically created to support women, being critical of situations where women are being “trampled on,” and by telling the stories of the thousands of religious sisters who are fulfilling their “apostolic mission.”
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Pope Francis walks past artwork showing the dome of St. Peter s Basilica and two doves during his general audience at the Vatican in this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)
Scotland’s bishops say they would “warmly welcome” Pope Francis if he visited Glasgow later this year for a major UN climate summit.
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Scotland’s bishops say they would “warmly welcome” Pope Francis if he visited Glasgow later this year for a major UN climate summit.
According to an unsourced report last week in
The Times, a London-based newspaper, discussions are taking place “at the highest level” in the Vatican for a papal trip to the Scottish city for the COP26, which takes place Nov. 1-12.