The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:23:16 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Health care workers denied religious exemption on vaccine win settlement /home/international/item/34677-health-care-workers-denied-religious-exemption-on-vaccine-win-settlement /home/international/item/34677-health-care-workers-denied-religious-exemption-on-vaccine-win-settlement

Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group, announced that a settlement it called historic has been reached with an Illinois hospital system over denying its employees a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:56:41 -0400
Ontario nurse given religious exemption for vaccine /item/34659-ontario-nurse-given-religious-exemption-for-vaccine /item/34659-ontario-nurse-given-religious-exemption-for-vaccine

ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp unclear as to whether an Ontario nurse who received a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination based on Catholic faith will set a precedent for others arguing on similar grounds. 

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:42:24 -0400
Clear overreach, says unvaccinated MP ejected from Parliament /item/34493-clear-overreach-says-unvaccinated-mp-ejected-from-parliament /item/34493-clear-overreach-says-unvaccinated-mp-ejected-from-parliament

Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall will not be allowed on the grounds of CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Parliament as she has not provided proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

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Canada Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400
Vatican relaxes vaccine mandate, masking rules /faith/item/34483-vatican-relaxes-vaccine-mandate-masking-rules /faith/item/34483-vatican-relaxes-vaccine-mandate-masking-rules

The Vatican updated its COVID-19 protocols, allowing most employees and visitors to enter Vatican City State without a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery.

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Vatican Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:12:27 -0400
Vaccine mandate tensions creep into Church /home/international/item/34059-vaccine-mandate-tensions-creep-into-church /home/international/item/34059-vaccine-mandate-tensions-creep-into-church

A parishioner in Australia captured the moment when police interrupted Mass to demand that five people who were not wearing face masks comply with the law.

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International Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:16:14 -0500
Do not doubt division done /item/34033-do-not-doubt-division-done /item/34033-do-not-doubt-division-done

Government mandates that interfere with, or eliminate the ability of, the faithful to gather for Holy Mass are certainly not new. But has it ever been required to provide proof of a medical treatment to enter a church?

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Canada Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:06:18 -0500
New bill puts conscience rights back in focus /item/34020-new-bill-puts-conscience-rights-back-in-focus /item/34020-new-bill-puts-conscience-rights-back-in-focus

Cardinal Thomas Collins has added his applause for a federal bill protecting conscience rights of health-care professionals who refuse participation in medically assisted suicide.

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Canada Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:00:00 -0500
Bishops challenged to condemn Church vaccine mandates /item/33994-bishops-challenged-to-condemn-church-vaccine-mandates /item/33994-bishops-challenged-to-condemn-church-vaccine-mandates

While the Freedom Convoy 2022 demonstration in the nationöÏÓãÊÓƵapp capital, led by thousands of Canadian truckers, dominated headlines by its sheer size, a Catholic dimension has emerged in ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 03 Feb 2022 09:03:58 -0500
I saw a mob; it wasn’t truckers /opinion/guest-columnists/item/33985-i-saw-a-mob-it-wasn-t-truckers /opinion/guest-columnists/item/33985-i-saw-a-mob-it-wasn-t-truckers

A true mob is terrible to witness, much less get stuck in. Something happens when humans are pressed together in fear and anger: a feral scent is emitted, an emboldening and anxious spirit. Once unleashed, it crashes over and draws down all in its wake.

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Guest Columns Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:14:08 -0500
Peter Stockland: LetöÏÓãÊÓƵapp restore some balance in our time /opinion/columnists/item/33904-peter-stockland-let-s-restore-some-balance-in-our-time /opinion/columnists/item/33904-peter-stockland-let-s-restore-some-balance-in-our-time

The small but agitated crowd at the front steps of the Catholic Centre in downtown Montreal mistook me for their saviour.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:24:24 -0500