Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
In his first major address to Congress as U.S. president, Joe Biden urged Republicans and Democrats April 28 to work together as the country emerges from a pandemic but still faces threats from countries such as China.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Congress, World News
A March 22 online webinar on the Equality Act focused on criticism that the legislation is so vaguely worded it would harm religious liberty and obscure biological reality.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
On the House floor ahead of the vote — which came at 2 in the morning (EST) — Rep. Chris Smith, N.J., criticized Pelosi and the House Rules Committee for refusing to allow a vote on an amendment to add language to the bill “to ensure that taxpayers aren’t forced to subsidize abortion,” as provided by the long-standing Hyde Amendment.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
Failure to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act “shows just how extreme the majority of Senate Democrats are,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
Celebrating a livestreamed Mass for the community of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington Jan. 13, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory noted how sometimes the readings of the day “fit our lives so perfectly.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for a speech lawmakers said spurred the riot at the U.S. Capitol and making him the first commander in chief to be impeached twice.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
Just as the political and criminal fallout has continued over the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by people seeking to halt the Electoral College certification of President-Elect Joe Biden’s win in the November election, the fallout has extended to job losses for those who have been identified as taking part in the siege.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
Seeing the U.S. Capitol building being stormed by a rioting mob Jan. 6 brought a visceral reaction from Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska. Fortenberry, who is Catholic and often attends daily Mass at St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill, called the attack a “desecration.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
Pope Francis said he was “astonished” by the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol, especially because the people of the United States are “so disciplined in democracy.”
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Archdiocese of Baltimore
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, U.S. Congress
Leaders must be aware that their words and deeds have far-reaching consequences.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
There is no example in American history of a U.S. president inciting violence against American institutions or fellow citizens in the manner that President Donald Trump seemingly did on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a historian at The Catholic University of America.
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