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Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

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A research study from Queen鈥檚 University Belfast has revealed that the majority of Irish people believe that Pope Francis did not do enough to address clerical abuse during his recent papal visit to Ireland.

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Rural counties continue to rank lowest among counties across the U.S., in terms of health outcomes. A group of national organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National 4-H Council are leading the way to close the rural health gap.

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After Pope Francis framed climate change as a moral issue in his聽second encyclical, conservative Republicans shifted and began to see environmental dilemmas in the same way, according to a new study led by Cornell University communication researchers.

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On Friday, Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia" (鈥淭he Joy of Love鈥�), a document that addresses areas of Catholic Church doctrine that arose, often controversially, during the Synod of Bishops in Rome last October. University of Notre Dame experts reflect on the document.

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When Pope Francis travels to Mexico Feb. 12-17, he will visit six cities 鈥� including two in the state of Chiapas, Mexico鈥檚 poorest state 鈥� and will celebrate a Mass in Ciudad Ju谩rez across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A University of Notre Dame expert calls this a "defining trip" for the pope.

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Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at Saint Joseph鈥檚 University today, greeting campus officials, student and religious leaders, and visiting the newly dedicated statue, 鈥淪ynagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time.鈥� The bronze work by noted Philadelphia artist Joshua Koffman was installed Sept. 25 at the plaza in front of the Chapel of St. Joseph-Michael J. Smith, S.J., Memorial, commemorating the 50th anniversary of 'Nostra Aetate,' the Vatican II document that transformed the relationship between the Catholic and Jewish faiths.