Crown and Crozier
In Crown and Crozier, we invite leading thinkers to explore how the human experience is shaped by the interplay between Church and State, and what this means for tackling the great challenges of today. Join us as we examine what’s at stake for us as citizens and as a society in the dynamic engagement between civil and religious authority. The common good, basic freedoms, dignity of the person, administration of justice, self-government, the preservation of truth, goodness and beauty - all this and more hangs in the balance.
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Faith, Fear, Lockdowns and Vaccines: The Church’s Witness During COVID ~ Phil Lawler
The COVID pandemic has impacted virtually all aspects of our day-to-day lives, including our life in the Church.
How has the Church fared in navigating these impacts? Has she distinguished herself in her response, including in relation to restrictions on accessing the sacraments, and to moral and ethical questions surrounding the COVID vaccines? Has Church leadership made a compelling case that, pandemic or not, the laws of God will always supersede the laws of man?
Joining us to help grapple with these questions is Philip Lawler, editor of Catholic World News and news director at CatholicCulture.org. Author/editor of 10 books, his latest work is Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear, In A Pandemic.
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Documents/Websites referenced
Philip Lawler (bio)
@PhilLawler
Philip Lawler - Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear, In A Pandemic
Dr. Jeff Mirus, “Following your conscience? 2. The COVID problem”
Philip Lawler, “Vaccination and conscience: a challenge to Church authority”
Marisa Iati, “Philadelphia becomes latest archdiocese to reject religious exemptions for vaccine mandates”
Colorado Catholic Conference, “A letter from the bishops of Colorado on COVID-19 vaccine mandates”
York Region Public Health, “COVID-19: Guidance for Places of Worship” [page 4]
Gregory A. Smith, “Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ”
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