Tag: President Joe Biden
One year later: Prayers for healing, justice mark anniversary of George...
WASHINGTON -- George Floyd's death while in police custody a year ago left "a hole in the hearts of his family and friends" and...
Wider dialogue with government on environmental issues welcomed by faith-based groups
CLEVELAND — Faith-based organizations working to address climate change and strengthen creation care initiatives are being heard again by the federal government.
Since President Joe...
Pro-life leaders call on Biden administration to keep Trump-era Title X...
WASHINGTON — The same day the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a Mississippi appeal of a lower court’s decision to strike down...
Catholics join scientists asking President Biden to seek nuclear disarmament
CLEVELAND — Catholic proponents of nuclear disarmament joined scientists in calling on President Joe Biden to pursue an ambitious plan to end the threat...
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy: ‘Weaponization of Eucharist’ an effort to...
WASHINGTON -- "The Eucharist must never be instrumentalized for a political end, no matter how important," said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego...
National Day of Prayer includes reflections from President Joe Biden, Maine...
WASHINGTON — A diverse group of Christians, including the nation’s Catholic president and the bishop of the statewide Diocese of Portland, Maine, have offered...
Border wall projects funded with military money halted by Biden administration
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced April 30 it would stop paying for construction projects along the southern border between Mexico and the U.S.,...
Catholic labor advocate Clayton Sinyai rallies behind effort to raise minimum...
WASHINGTON -- A Catholic labor advocate welcomed President Joe Biden's executive order to raise the minimum wage paid by federal contractors to $15 an...
In first major address to Congress, President Biden says, ‘America is...
WASHINGTON — In his first major address to Congress as U.S. president, Joe Biden urged Republicans and Democrats April 28 to work together as...
Forty-five years in, future of Hyde Amendment in Congress is uncertain
WASHINGTON — The Hyde Amendment, born in 1976, has had a fairly long congressional history, but it could be marked for extinction.
The amendment, which...