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Leading US bishops praise Biden's global vaccine pledge

Jun 23, 2021

By CNA Staff

Leading U.S. bishops on Wednesday praised President Joe Biden for pledging 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, and urged... Read more

President Biden addresses the 2021 National Prayer Breakfast

Biden doesn't expect not to be admitted to Holy Communion

Jun 18, 2021

On Friday, US President Joe Biden was asked about a "resolution" of the U.S. bishops to deny him and other... Read more

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

Update: Meeting between Pope Francis and President Biden did not happen

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

According to Vatican sources June 15, there is no meeting currently scheduled between Pope Francis and President Joe Biden. Read more

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden leave Mass in St Ives, Cornwall during the G7 summit on June 13, 2021.

Joe Biden attends Sunday Mass in English seaside town amid G7 summit

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attended Mass in St. Ives, which has a population of 12,000 people. Read more

A priest distributes Holy Communion.

Eucharistic coherence and the USCCB spring meeting: Five questions you need answered

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

This CNA explainer goes through the essential background questions about the term eucharistic coherence in preparation for the USCCB spring... Read more

President Biden addresses the 2021 National Prayer Breakfast

Pope Francis and President Biden may meet on June 15, sources say

Jun 3, 2021

By Andrea Gagliarducci

According to sources from the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, the first meeting between Pope Francis and President Joe Biden might take... Read more

President Biden addresses the 2021 National Prayer Breakfast

Biden eliminates Hyde amendment from 2022 budget request

May 28, 2021

President Joe Biden on Friday did not include the Hyde amendment in his final budget request to Congress for the... Read more

Biden administration reconsiders abortion pill regulations

May 11, 2021

Pro-abortion groups last week praised the Biden administration for reconsidering federal safety regulations of the abortion pill regimen. Read more

University of Notre Dame

Biden will not address Notre Dame commencement, was invited by the university

May 11, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

President Joe Biden will not be delivering the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this year - although... Read more

Luis Cardinal Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in Rome, June 28, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

CDF highlights its Note on Catholics in politics in letter to US bishops on Eucharistic coherence

May 10, 2021

By Carl Bunderson

The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wrote Friday to the head of the US Conference... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 22, 2016. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Pope Francis calls for suspension of Covid-19 vaccine patents in ‘Vax Live’ concert video

May 8, 2021

By Courtney Mares

“I beg you not to forget the most vulnerable,” the pope said. 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

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

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

Former congressman Dan Lipinski

Pro-life former congressman: Catholics in politics need to be ‘different’

Apr 30, 2021

By CNA Staff

A Catholic former Democratic congressman said that President Biden’s pro-abortion policies flout what it means to live as a Catholic... Read more

Biden introduces family aid plan - but would it help the families who need it the most?

Apr 29, 2021

President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled the American Families Plan, a $1.8 trillion package that includes paid leave, education spending,... Read more

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USCCB has 'nothing in the works' on Biden and Communion

Apr 29, 2021

Recent reports that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops may at their spring general assembly press pro-abortion Catholic politicians not... Read more

Armenian refugees at Novorossiysk, 1920

Christian advocates praise Biden for recognizing Armenian genocide

Apr 26, 2021

Christian advocates praised President Joe Biden for officially recognizing the Armenian genocide over the weekend. Read more

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Church analyst: The bishops are uneasy with Biden, but he could be good news

Apr 23, 2021

The majority of U.S. bishops in a recent survey were at best “uneasy” with the second Catholic president in U.S.... Read more

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary.

White House spokeswoman grilled on fungibility of Title X funding

Apr 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

Earlier today, EWTN’s White House Correspondent Owen Jensen questioned White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the proposed reversal of... Read more