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Belize diocese opposes national school-based HPV vaccination campaign (Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan)

The sole diocese in the Central American nation of Belize announced its opposition to a nationwide school-based HPV vaccination campaign.

“The Church affirms the value of the HPV vaccine and recognizes that it is ethically acceptable” but opposes the school-based campaign, the Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan stated on May 14. “The Church’s concerns are not about the vaccine itself, but about proportionality, parental rights, informed consent, and the sensitive moral context surrounding a sexually transmitted infection.”

U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill As Legal Fight Continues

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May. 15 Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Isidore (USA), Opt. Mem.

The United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130). He was a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a ploughman for a nobleman who lived near Madrid, Spain. Although working many hours a day, he never failed to attend daily Mass, and spend time praying before the Holy Eucharist. He married a maid-servant, Maria de la Cabeza, who was also canonized a saint. They were always willing to help their neighbors and worked with the poor in the city slums. In 1947, he was proclaimed the Patron of the Catholic Rural Life Conference in the United States.

African Member of Synod Group Did Not Help Draft Homosexuality Text

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Pope Leo’s Welcome Act of Remembrance and Tribute — and Reconciliation

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Why the Ascension Should Astonish Us

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Cardinal Eijk: Same-Sex Synod Report Must Be Forcefully Refuted

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Catholic Film Star Becomes First Christian Chief Minister of Major Indian State

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German Catholic Congress Approves Bondage Group's Booth

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