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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles will not provide religious exemption letters to individuals who object from receiving the coronavirus vaccine. In a statement Monday, the archdiocese recommended all local Catholics who can receive a COVID-19 vaccine should do so. The archdiocese cited the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the U-S bishops’ conference, and the California Catholic Conference.
The Diocese of Avila in Spain is providing shelter for locals displaced from their homes by a wildfire. The fire began with a vehicle, and has spread across more than 29,000 acres. The diocese has opened its retreat house and school to local authorities and displaced families. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated due to the fire.
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Puerto Rico’s capital on Saturday, in opposition to the new gender ideology curriculum in the nation’s public schools. Puerto Rico’s governor issued an executive order last week implementing the new curriculum.
The pope will not offer a public Mass during his short visit to Scotland in November. The pope will travel to Glasgow for the opening days of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. He will reportedly be in Scotland for only a few hours. He will meet with Scotland’s bishops.
Today, the Church remembers Saint Hyacinth, the patron of Poland. Hyacinth was one of the first members of the Dominicans.