Poland health leader not concerned about church objections to vaccine (AP) Poland’s top vaccination official said Thursday he did not see any obstacle to the country’s inoculation program from the “moral” reservations expressed by the powerful Catholic Church about two vaccines…

Allentown launches ‘Year of Real Presence’ (Diocese of Allentown) Bishop Alfred A. Schlert has declared a “Year of the Real Presence,” a Jubilee Year, for the Diocese of Allentown from Divine Mercy Sunday, April 11, 2021 through the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 19, 2022…

How a Catholic family of 16 lives debt-free (CNA) Five years ago, a Catholic family of 16 made international news for sending their children to college without any debt – and now the parents are offering their financial advice in a book. Sam and Rob Fatzinger, parents of 14 children who live outside Washington, D.C. in Bowie, Maryland, authored the book “A Catholic Guide to Spending Less and Living More: Advice from a debt-free family of 16…”

Sponsor a gargoyle: a fundraising pitch for Notre Dame in Paris (CNS) A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a piece of history. On April 15, Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris unveiled an interactive website — restorenotredame.org — that allows people to donate by adopting or sponsoring pieces of precious art and artifacts that were damaged in a 2019 fire. Donors can engage with the objects of their choosing and select which they’d like to help restore, whether it is a painting or statue. Funds can also go toward the cathedral’s restoration as a whole if the person prefers…