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US Attorney General Bill Barr speaks during a meeting on human trafficking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 4, 2020.

Trump, Barr, Barron speak at National Catholic Prayer breakfast

Sep 23, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Attorney General William Barr warned of “a new orthodoxy that is actively hostile to religion” in his remarks to the... Read more

US Attorney General Bill Barr speaks during a meeting on human trafficking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 4, 2020.

AG to be honored at virtual Catholic prayer breakfast

Sep 3, 2020

The 2020 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (NCPB) will be streamed online on Sept. 23 the organization announced on Wednesday. The... Read more

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann. Courtesy photo.

Congressman writes to DOJ after attacks on Catholic churches

Aug 6, 2020

By Matt Hadro

A Catholic congressman is asking the U.S. Attorney General to respond to a spate of acts of vandalism against churches... Read more

Death row in an American prison.

Catholic bishops join 1,000 faith leaders to oppose federal executions

Jul 7, 2020

Several U.S. bishops, along with clergy and religious brothers and sisters from around the country, have signed a statement opposing federal executions... Read more

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Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany.

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French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.

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