While President Joe Biden is “very sincere” about his Catholic faith, “there are things that he chooses to ignore,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said in an interview March 31.
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Biden Promises to Restore Roe V Wade as the ‘Law of the Land’
The state of the union “is strong and getting stronger,” President Joe Biden said in his March 7 address.
As Maine Mass Shooter Is Hunted, Local Bishop Asks Prayers for the Dead and Injured
After 18 people were shot and killed by a gunman across multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine, late on Oct. 25, Bishop Robert Deeley of Portland, Maine, is calling for prayers for the victims of the attacks and the law enforcement officials who’ve responded.
Biden and Pope Francis Discuss Conflict in Israel and Gaza in Phone Call
President Joe Biden and Pope Francis spoke by phone Oct. 22 to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza and facilitating a path to “durable peace” in the region, according to the press offices of both leaders.
Advocates Hail Settlement With Separated Migrant Families; Decry the Practice as ‘Torture’
After the Biden administration reached a settlement with thousands of migrants who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration, Catholic immigration advocates want people to never forget what was done to these families.
U.S. Bishops Call for a ‘Cessation of Violence’ in Middle East as Biden Backs Israel
After an attack on Israel by Hamas and subsequent retaliation by Israel that has left more than more than 1,300 people dead and thousands more injured, the U.S. bishops’ conference has called for a cessation of violence from all sides, and for Catholics in the U.S. to pray for peace.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Catholic champion for Unjustly Detained, Dies at 75
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, an influential figure in Democratic politics who also was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, died Sept. 1, according to a statement from the Richardson Center for Global Engagement.
U.S. Bishops Blast Including Abortion in Law Intended to Support Pregnant Women
Proposed regulations from the Biden administration to implement a piece of legislation designed to enhance workplace protections for pregnant women has drawn the ire of the U.S. bishops, as they charge the regulations could contain language to advance abortion.
Biden’s ‘Unity’ Pledge ‘Still Polarizing’ to Many in U.S.
When President Joe Biden delivered his inauguration speech on Jan. 20, 2021, he used the word “unity” eight times. The first time he used it was to say it’s required “to restore the soul and to secure the future of America.” The last time he used it to say that “together, we shall write an American story … of unity, not division.”
Biden Spent First Term ‘Actively Promoting and Pushing Abortions’
On Jan. 22, 2021, days after President Joe Biden took office, he issued a statement for the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on the importance of pro-abortion policies, committing himself to enshrine the right to abortion in the Constitution and expand access to the procedure for women across the country.