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Biden administration halts border projects funded with military money
OSV News
May 4, 2021
The Biden administration announced April 30 it would stop paying for construction projects along the southern border between Mexico and the U.S., which were being funded with money originally designated for the military.
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CDC director gives nod to indoor worship services for masked, vaccinated
OSV News
May 3, 2021
When the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said April 27 that fully vaccinated people who wear masks can safely attend many indoor events such as worship services, the announcement likely did not catch many Catholics by ...
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‘America is on the move again,’ Biden says in address to nation
OSV News
April 30, 2021
In his first major address to Congress as U.S. president, Joe Biden urged Republicans and Democrats April 28 to work together as the country emerges from a pandemic but still faces threats from countries such as China.
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Church must help counter resistance to vaccines, expert says
OSV News
April 29, 2021
Members of the Catholic Church, especially religious working in health care and schools, have an important opportunity and duty to educate people about COVID-19 and to counter resistance to vaccinations, said an expert on the Vatican's COVID-19 commission.
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Report shows higher-than-average COVID-19 spread among immigrant detainees
OSV News
April 28, 2021
A recent analysis by The New York Times found evidence for what many Catholic organizations and other entities warned about at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States—the faster spread of the coronavirus among those detained in facilities for ...
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Minneapolis Catholics continue prayers, reflection after Chauvin verdict
OSV News
April 27, 2021
As the Twin Cities and the nation continue to absorb events that led to the April 20 guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Minnesota's Catholic leaders are pointing a way forward.
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Advocates ‘troubled’ by alleged abuse of migrant kids in US-funded shelters