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Biden administration says it will enforce health care protections for people identifying as LGBTQ

May 10, 2021

The Biden administration on Monday announced it would interpret and enforce existing law to ensure people identifying as LGBTQ were... Read more

Bishop Joseph Coffey

‘There is always the power of prayer’: Why this bishop prays daily for President Biden

May 7, 2021

By CNA Staff

One U.S. bishop has committed to pray daily for President Joe Biden, because of the president’s pro-abortion policies. Read more

President Biden addresses the 2021 National Prayer Breakfast .  Credit: National Prayer Breakfast

Biden's National Day of Prayer proclamation lacks mention of God

May 6, 2021

US President Joe Biden issued on Wednesday the annual proclamation of a National Day of Prayer, without mentioning any deity... Read more

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Catholic bioethicist laments HHS removal of restrictions on fetal tissue research

May 6, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

A Catholic bioethicist has repeated his objection to the Biden administration’s decision that the National Institutes of Health no longer... Read more

Michael P. Warsaw, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EWTN Global Catholic Network

EWTN’s Warsaw: Biden’s support for abortion, 'transgenderism,' ‘couldn’t be more disappointing’

May 6, 2021

The head of the EWTN media network said that President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office “couldn’t be more... Read more

Biden raises refugee admissions cap to 62,500

May 3, 2021

President Biden on Monday raised the refugee admissions cap for the current fiscal year, more than quadrupling the current limit. Read more

Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore J. Cordileone.

Archbishop Cordileone: Catholics supporting abortion should not present themselves for Holy Communion

May 1, 2021

By CNA Staff

Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore J. Cordileone released on May 1, 2021 a pastoral letter about the worthiness required for... Read more

As Biden presidency passes 100 days, Catholics push him to end federal death penalty

Apr 30, 2021

Catholics are calling on President Joe Biden to honor his campaign promises to raise the refugee ceiling and halt use... Read more

Pope Francis greets then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Vatican in this April 29, 2016.

Catholics respond to Washington Post article and tweet calling Biden a ‘very Catholic president’

Apr 29, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

Prominent Catholics are passionately responding to a recent Washington Post tweet which said “A rising group of right-wing U.S. Catholic... Read more

Pope Francis delivers a message for Earth Day, April 22, 2021. Credit: Vatican Media.

Care for nature, pope tells world leaders at climate summit

Apr 22, 2021

In a video message sent to a climate summit on Thursday, Pope Francis urged care for nature and the preservation... Read more

White House says it will increase refugee cap in May

Apr 16, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

President Joe Biden will increase the refugee admissions limit by May 15 - after reports that he would keep the... Read more

NIH reverses restrictions on fetal tissue research

Apr 16, 2021

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday announced it will not require ethics boards to review federally-funded research proposals... Read more

Syrian refugee family at a camp in Passau, Germany - August 2015

‘Refugee resettlement has effectively been halted’: Catholics implore Biden to accept more refugees

Apr 15, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

Catholic organizations expressed dismay that the United States this year could admit the lowest number of refugees in decades.  Read more

Pro-life leaders: Allowing mail-order abortion pill will pose 'grave danger' for women

Apr 13, 2021

Pro-life groups criticized the Biden administration for allowing the distribution of the abortion pill through the mail during the COVID-19... Read more

Planned Parenthood clinic in Newton, NJ    Credit: Glynnis Jones

Biden administration moves to resume Title X funding of pro-abortion groups

Mar 19, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Biden administration is expected to allow abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, to once again receive federal family planning funding... Read more

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Christian medical groups oppose health secretary nominee

Mar 17, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

Groups of medical professionals warn that President Biden’s health secretary nominee would bring about an “unprecedented assault” on conscience rights.  Read more

Former vice president Joe Biden at a campaign event, Nov, 2019.

Biden's contradictory Catholicism misleading and confusing, Archbishop Naumann says

Mar 15, 2021

It is a serious matter for President Joe Biden to profess Catholicism while publicly backing contradictory action on matters such... Read more

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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to toss out abortion funding case

Mar 15, 2021

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to throw out a challenge to restrictions on federal funding of pro-abortion... Read more

Xavier Becerra   Credit: John Papadopoulos/Shutterstock

Despite denials, HHS nominee Xavier Becerra sued to take away nuns' religious freedom rights

Mar 5, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

Xavier Becerra, US president Joe Biden’s nominee for HHS secretary, did indeed sue to take away the religious exemptions for... Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden listens while meeting virtually with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, March 1, 2021. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

Mexico's bishops hope politicians would be enlightened by Our Lady

Mar 2, 2021

In a statement Tuesday responding to media inquiries about US president Joe Biden’s stated devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe,... Read more