Bishop: unvaccinated clergy may not minister in diocese (CNA) Priests of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 may not minister to the sick, elderly, and homebound, Bishop John Stowe has directed. The policy was announced during a Saturday vigil Mass Sept. 11 that Bishop Stowe celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington…

Judge temporarily blocks New York vaccine mandate (CNA) A federal court on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order against a New York state COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which disallowed religious exemptions, after a group of anonymous medical professionals filed suit against the governor and her administration.  Then-governor Andrew Cuomo announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all medical workers in the state in August, with a deadline of Sept. 27 to be fully inoculated. The mandate covers staff at hospitals and long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, adult care facilities, and other care settings, and did not include a religious exemption…

Biological father sues Catholic Charities over son’s adoption (Michigan Live) A man who lost custody of his newborn son, only to have an appellate court reverse termination of his parental rights, is suing Catholic Charities West Michigan for placing the child with an adoptive family. The child was put up for adoption shortly after birth three years ago…

Pope urges Slovakia to reject the “culture of death” (Crux) Pope Francis’s first European tour in the COVID-19 era ended with a bang, as he celebrated Mass for 60,000 people in the field surrounding the national Basilica of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. During the homily of the closing Mass of his Sept. 12-15 visit to Slovakia, Francis said that Christians are called to be “protectors and guardians of life where the culture of death reigns…”

Speakers at prayer breakfast emphasize evangelism, unity (CNS) Evangelism and Christian unity were the main topics at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 14, an event that often puts more emphasis on politics and pro-life advocacy. “The commitment to the truth will always transcend the knee-jerk categories and characterizations that are the media’s daily bread, let’s face it,” said Bishop Steven J. Lopes, who heads the Houston-based Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter…

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