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A new survey of American priests suggests a more pessimistic view of the Catholic Church today, as compared to 2002. Priests were also significantly more likely to describe themselves as conservative, as compared to 2002. The new survey reused questions from a 2002 poll of Catholic priests, and a couple questions from a survey of priests from 1970.
The Archdiocese of Paris will present its plans next week to restore the interior of the Notre-Dame Cathedral. The cathedral was badly damaged by a fire in 2019. The restoration plans have faced criticism for allegedly turning the cathedral into a kind of theme park. The archdiocese has denied these allegations.
The Church’s message about vaccination is clear, vaccination is an act of love. Those were the words of the Vatican’s Secretary of State, in a recent interview. The cardinal was responding to waves of protests across Italy, against the country’s vaccine rules. One Italian priest reportedly blessed a crowd of anti-vaccination protestors in Verona. Italian authorities plan to release a new pass, that will prevent unvaccinated people from dining indoors at restaurants, going to the gym, visiting museums or other tourists sites, or attending weddings or other public ceremonies until mid-January.
Today, Catholics celebrate the feast of Saint Andrew, the apostle and martyr. Andrew is said to have spread Christianity in Russia and Asia minor after Pentecost, in the first century.