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Women demonstrate for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1978.

‘Legally meaningless’: Experts respond to Biden’s Equal Rights Amendment declaration

Jan 17, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The president on Friday proclaimed that the ERA — a measure abortion advocates have said could help legalize abortion nationwide... Read more

President Joe Biden at the White House on Aug. 28, 2023.

Biden says ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ is ‘law of the land’

Jan 17, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The declaration appeared to carry no legal weight but could set off a protracted political and legal fight for the... Read more

Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia.

President Biden awards Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction

Jan 11, 2025

By Tina Dennelly

“Pope Francis is unlike any who came before,” a White House statement said. “Above all, he is the People’s Pope... Read more

President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires at the White House on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Biden cancels trip to Italy and meeting with Pope Francis amid deadly California wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Biden was set to travel to Rome from Jan. 9–12 at Pope Francis’ invitation. His audience with the Holy Father... Read more

From left to right, front row: U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamla Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Second row: former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, attend the state funeral service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025.

Biden eulogizes Jimmy Carter as ‘good and faithful servant’ at funeral service

Jan 9, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. President Joe Biden praised former President Jimmy Carter’s character and referred to him as a “good and faithful servant... Read more

President Joe Biden speaks during an interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, in New Orleans on Jan. 6, 2025, with the families and community members impacted by the New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans.

Biden attends prayer service for New Orleans terror attack victims hosted by archdiocese

Jan 7, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The president was among the dignitaries at the Monday evening event at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Read more

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Biden to award Presidential Citizens Medal to abortion and gay marriage activists

Jan 2, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The medal is awarded to Americans who “have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens,”... Read more

Supporters of former president Donald Trump watch as he holds a rally in the historically Democratic district of the South Bronx on May 23, 2024, in New York City.

New poll shows Latino voters helped Trump win the overall Catholic vote in 2024 election

Jan 1, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

According to the data, a large portion of Trump’s improved performance among Catholics came from Latino voters while a smaller... Read more

President Joe Biden on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, commuted the death row sentences of more than three dozen federal prisoners, ordering that the formerly condemned inmates serve out life sentences instead of being executed by the government.

Biden commutes death row sentences of 37 federal prisoners

Dec 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The White House announced the clemencies on Monday morning, stating that the president was “commuting the sentences of 37 individuals... Read more

Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia.

Biden to meet with Pope Francis in January to discuss ‘peace’ 

Dec 19, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

U.S. President Joe Biden accepted an invitation to visit Pope Francis next month and discuss efforts to advance peace, the... Read more

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

U.S. bishops call for Biden to spare federal death row prisoners before leaving office

Dec 9, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The U.S. bishops have, as a body, been calling for an end to the federal death penalty since 1980 when... Read more

U.S. national and rainbow flags are pictured on the U.S. embassy in Moscow on June 30, 2022.

Trump could reverse State Department, USAID’s efforts to push gender ideology, abortion

Dec 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Under President Joe Biden’s administration, officials have used USAID and DOS to promote transgenderism and other elements of gender ideology... Read more

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards

Nov 22, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

During Cecile Richards’ tenure as president of Planned Parenthood the number of abortions performed by that organization increased by more... Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Catholic group urges Biden to commute federal death sentences before Trump takes office

Nov 8, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic Mobilizing Network said in a Nov. 6 statement that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does... Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris is embraced by President Joe Biden, who described her as having "the moral compass of a saint" during a campaign event in Pittsburgh on Sept. 2, 2024.

Biden’s claim that Harris has ‘moral compass of a saint’ sparks criticism from theologians

Sep 4, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Some of Harris’ positions are inconsistent with saintly values, according to Catholic theologians and philosophers who spoke to CNA. Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Biden unveils plan to term limit Supreme Court justices, citing recent ‘extreme’ decisions

Jul 29, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

One motivation for his plan to reform the Supreme Court was the “dangerous and extreme decisions that overturn settled legal... Read more

President Joe Biden waves on stage during the Vote To Live Properity Summit at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024.

Joe Biden announces he will not seek reelection in 2024 presidential race; endorses Harris

Jul 21, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Democratic president has been fielding calls from his party to pull out of the race after a much-criticized debate... Read more

The Progress Pride flag is shown above (center flag) at a White House "Pride" celebration on June 10, 2023.

Biden administration retreats from sex-change surgeries for minors, still backs other interventions

Jul 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is backing away from its previous support of sex-change surgeries for minors who identify as... Read more

President Joe Biden, right, listens as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

At first presidential debate, Biden and Trump spar on abortion, immigration

Jun 28, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The two candidates, who have yet to be nominated by their respective parties, took to the stage in Atlanta to... Read more

Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia.

Joe Biden meets with Pope Francis at G7 Summit to discuss foreign policy, climate change

Jun 14, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

President Joe Biden privately met with Pope Francis early Friday evening in Apulia, Italy, at the Group of Seven (G7)... Read more