Dr. Mayank Amin administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Helen Pepe, 94, at a clinic in Collegeville, Pa., March 7, 2021. (CNS photo/Hannah Beier, Reuters)
Bishop Joseph Tyson’s message is clear and concise: “It is not a sin to get a vaccine.”
The Diocese of Yakima serves the Catholic community in central Washington State, home to a large population of farmworkers from Mexico and Latin America. The area was hit hard in the early days of the pandemic; a priest from the diocese was the first in the United States to contract Covid-19. Bishop Tyson recalled the early days of the pandemic, when masks and hand sanitizer were sparse and illness seemed to threaten everyone. A year later, with a mass vaccination program expected to kick into high gear in the coming months, Bishop Tyson said vaccine hesitancy caused by misinformation about Catholic moral teaching could further threaten already vulnerable communities.
Press Release – Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry
Witnesses for faith-based institutions, including Archbishops and a Cardinal, will give evidence before the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry this month, on their processes for resolving historic and current abuse claims.
Phase 2 of the Faith-based Redress hearing runs from 15 to 29 March. Phase 1 of the hearing was held late last year and focussed on the experience of survivors in seeking redress (such as compensation, counselling, an apology etc) for abuse and/or neglect in the care of faith-based institutions.
The faith-based institution witnesses – which include representatives from the highest levels within New Zealand’s Salvation Army, and Anglican and Catholic Churches – will be responding to survivors’ evidence and outlining past and current Redress policies and processes.
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Thursday, 4 March 2021, 7:59 am
Witnesses for faith-based institutions, including
Archbishops and a Cardinal, will give evidence before the
Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry this month, on
their processes for resolving historic and current abuse
claims.
Phase 2 of the Faith-based Redress hearing
runs from 15 to 29 March. Phase 1 of the hearing was held
late last year and focussed on the experience of survivors
in seeking redress (such as compensation, counselling, an
apology etc) for abuse and/or neglect in the care of
faith-based institutions.
The faith-based institution
witnesses - which include representatives from the highest
levels within New Zealand’s Salvation Army, and Anglican