Marriage & Family Life

By a vote of 258-169, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act Dec. 8 and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.

The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee’s reiterated the U.S. bishops’ ” firm opposition” to the “misnamed” the Respect for Marriage Act.

This year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. bishops touts two bills awaiting action in Congress as being helpful to children, women and families: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and an expansion of the federal child tax credit.