Catholic Health Australia asks retailers to stop selling N95 masks

Catholic Health Australia, which manages one in eight hospital beds in Australia, is calling on retailers to stop selling N95 hospital-grade masks to the public, as limited numbers in Australia will be exhausted with disastrous consequences on the health system. “These masks are on sale in Chemist Warehouse and Office Warehouse, but hospitals across the... Read More

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August 13, 2020

Economic consequences of Covid will increase rough sleeping, charity warns

A new approach on homelessness is needed to help people off the streets for good, according to a new report. The Salvation Army said “amazing progress” had been made in recent months to help the homeless, but warned that the economic consequences of the Covid pandemic will increase rough sleeping and force families into expensive... Read More

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August 12, 2020

Covid-19 forces Knock shrine to close on Feast of Assumption

The Marian shrine at Knock has announced that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the 15th August feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway. ‘Fr Richard Gibbons, rector at Knock, has appealed... Read More

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August 12, 2020

Bolivian bishops to protesters: Stop using pandemic for political purposes

Bolivia’s bishops issued an urgent appeal for protesters to remove roadblocks, which have caused fears of shortages of medical supplies and oxygen in highland regions of the South American country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The roadblocks — a common form of protest in Bolivia, where mountainous terrain creates choke points for transportation — were called... Read More

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August 12, 2020

A-level students can use mock exam grades to progress to degree courses

GCSE and A-level students in England will be able to use grades in mock exams to progress to university and college courses and employment, the Education Secretary has announced. Results in mock tests – which were held before schools were forced to close amid the Covid-19 crisis – will carry the same weight as the... Read More

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August 11, 2020

Mexico City Archdiocese tells people to take pandemic precautions seriously

The Archdiocese of Mexico City has urged people to take pandemic precautions more seriously, saying in an editorial that the country could not quell its Covid-19 contagion unless the population did its part. ‘There are no pretexts. If the pandemic does not ease in Mexico, it is because as a society we do not want... Read More

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August 10, 2020

Plans for Walsingham Shrine development set to be reviewed

Plans for a major re-development of the Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham in North Norfolk are to be reviewed after concerns were raised about its effect on the Grade I Listed Slipper Chapel and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on future visitor numbers and finances for the project. The Trustees of the Catholic National... Read More

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August 10, 2020

Calais migrants ‘exhausted’ and ‘scared’ as police evictions continue

Migrants living in Calais facing repeated police evictions have been left “exhausted, scared and not knowing which way to turn”, a humanitarian charity has warned. Aid workers in northern France say the forced moving on of migrants is fuelling attempts to cross the English Channel in small boats. They say recent weeks in the French... Read More

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August 9, 2020

Catholic medic admits fear over virus second wave

It will be very difficult to achieve the correct balance between tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and safeguarding the economy and healthcare, the president of the Catholic Medical Association (UK) has said. Dr Dermot Kearney added that society must not be complacent of a second wave of Covid-19. He said that it is currently proving extremely... Read More

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August 9, 2020

Complicated crossings: Pandemic has not stopped migration

The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not stopped people from seeking safety and a better life abroad, and it has not diverted the Vatican’s attention from their plight. Pope Francis announced on 5th August that he was beginning a series of talks at his weekly general audience focused... Read More

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Mexico City Archdiocese tells people to take pandemic precautions seriously

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