USCCB president prays God grants Biden ‘wisdom, courage’ to lead nation January 20, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News As Joe Biden prepared to be inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed hope the incoming administration “will work with the church and others of goodwill” to “address the complicated cultural and economic factors that are driving abortion and discouraging families.”
Second Catholic president causes some to celebrate, gives others anxiety January 20, 2021By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Joe Biden became the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president of the United States Jan. 20, giving some U.S. Catholics and their religious leaders a reason to rejoice and others to fear more access to abortion under his leadership.
Biden’s inaugural address calls for Americans to work for unity January 20, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In his inaugural address Jan. 20, President Joe Biden said he is committed with his “whole soul” to bring this country together.
Pope prays Biden works to heal divisions, promote human dignity January 20, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis prayed that President Joe Biden would work to heal the divisions in U.S. society and promote human dignity and peace around the globe.
Leaders of both parties join Biden, Harris for Mass of thanksgiving January 20, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News Hours before his inauguration as president, Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris were joined by the spouses and congressional leaders from both political parties for what was termed a Mass of thanksgiving early Jan. 20 at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington.
At national memorial, Cardinal Gregory prays for all who died of COVID-19 January 20, 2021By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Saying the nation “reverently pauses in supplication to remember and to pray for the many thousands of people who have died from the coronavirus during this past year,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at a pre-inauguration memorial service Jan. 19 to honor and remember the more than 400,000 Americans who have succumbed to COVID-19.
Sotomayor: 13 executed under Trump administration ‘deserved more’ from court January 19, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Although the Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Dustin Higgs Jan. 15, two justices made their objections known loud and clear in dissents that called into question the speed of these decisions and even the constitutionality of capital punishment.
President Biden’s top priority must be healing January 19, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2020 Election, Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary, Feature President Biden cannot force his opponents to listen to facts, but if he truly wants to unite the country, he needs to do things a lot different from the way past administrations have done.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Growing in friendship with the Lord and others in 2021 January 19, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Father Brian Nolan speaks with Susan Pieper about practical ways of growing in friendship with Jesus in the new year and the gift of friendship that helps us along the way.
Pandemic, Capitol violence change March for Life plans but not its commitment January 19, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A symbol of continuity for the nation’s largest pro-life event, which will be entirely virtual for the first time, matters.
Pope: King’s ‘vision of harmony, equality for all’ remains timely January 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to work nonviolently for harmony and equality for all, Pope Francis said.
Retired Senator Miller dies, remembered as ‘lion’ of Maryland’s Senate January 17, 2021By Mark Zimmermann Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Obituaries Retired Maryland State Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. – who had been the country’s longest-serving state senate president – died Jan. 15 at the age of 78 at his home in Chesapeake Beach from complications from prostate cancer.
