Tag: President Joe Biden
U.S. bishops praise President Joe Biden for committing to 500 million...
WASHINGTON -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace praised...
Republican lawmakers urge Congress to make Hyde Amendment permanent
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and several other Republican leaders in the House asked their Democratic counterparts June 22 to take...
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...