NEWS STORY
RNS-McElroy-Vaccine: California Catholic bishop tells priests to decline vaccine exemption requests
(RNS) — San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy has sent a letter instructing priests in his diocese that there is no basis in Catholic teaching to offer a religious exemption to COVID-19 vaccinations, as more employers and schools are enacting vaccine mandates. By Alejandra Molina. 515 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Malhotra-Profile: She wanted to help Ravi Zacharias save the world but ended up defending an abuser
(RNS) — The longtime spokesperson for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries was fired in July after being told her colleague believed she was unsafe. In recent months, she has accused RZIM leaders of failing to take responsibility for covering up abuse by the organization’s founders. She said she hoped to stay at RZIM to make amends for the group’s past failings. By Bob Smietana. 2,650 words. (Categories, a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Feucht-Security: Hate watch groups investigate whether Feucht’s security team has ties to nationalist groups
(RNS) — Days after Sean Feucht’s “Let us Worship” event in Portland, Oregon, ended with clashes between antifa and Proud Boys protesters, local hate watch groups are determining whether members of Feucht’s security team, which he referred to as ex-military, ex-police and “lovers of Jesus,” included people with ties to nationalist groups. By Alejandra Molina. 750 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Camosy-Oped: Clearing up the Catholic confusion about vaccine mandates
(RNS) — Pope Francis is right to say that it is a moral obligation, due in part to the duty you have to protect the lives of others, but it doesn’t follow from this that one should support vaccine mandates — a topic about which there is tremendous confusion in Catholic circles at the moment. By Charles C. Camosy. 1,100 words. (category: k)