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U.S. bishops urge Biden to reject abortion rights after 'deeply disturbing' statement

President Joe Biden’s statement backing legal abortion on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade drew swift reaction from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose pro-life chairman said that no president of the United States should ever defend denying the right to life of unborn children.
Catholic bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki hail nuclear weapons ban treaty

The Catholic bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki welcomed the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons that came into force Friday, while expressing disappointment that Japan was not a signatory.
Bishops welcome Biden executive order that strengthens DACA program

Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops applauded President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day executive action ordering the federal government to keep in place and strengthen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Leaders of both parties join Biden, Harris for Mass of thanksgiving

Hours before his inauguration as president, Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris were joined by the spouses and congressional leaders from both political parties for what was termed a Mass of thanksgiving early Jan. 20 at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington.
'For the love of God, send us oxygen,' plead bishops in Brazil

With the news that dozens of people were suffocating to death due to a lack of oxygen in hospitals in the Amazon city of Manaus, Catholic bishops made a plea for the supply of an essential element for survival.
Gomez: As Rev. King urged, meet forces of hate, ignorance 'with power of love'

In the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., "we must meet the forces of hate and ignorance with the power of love," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement for the Jan. 18 federal observance of the slain civil rights leader's birthday.
'We are better than this,' deacon says before Johnson's execution

Deacon Albert Anderson Jr.: "Killing the sinner doesn't protect us from sin but draws us deeper into the cycle of death."
Security, pandemic mean March for Life will be virtual

For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home.
Congolese bishop: Stop the 'chain of massacres'

A Congolese bishop has urged international action to stem massacres in his diocese and accused the country's government and media of indifference to current sufferings.
Brazilian cardinal, Glasgow archbishop die of COVID-19 on same day

In one day, the Catholic Church on two continents lost two leaders to COVID-19. Both men were outspoken defenders of the church.
Lisa Montgomery put to death after Supreme Court reversal

After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row inmate Lisa Montgomery's execution on hold, and it denied two other last-minute requests to postpone the execution.
With evictions looming, agencies furiously work to keep families housed

Arreola is among thousands of people nationwide who have turned to parishes, Catholic Charities agencies and Catholic-affiliated nonprofits for assistance to stave off eviction. The number of people seeking financial assistance and emotional support is staggering, Catholic officials nationwide said.
Pope Francis asks Immaculate Virgin Mary to intercede for US after Capitol violence

Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the United States, asking the Immaculate Virgin Mary to help foster a “culture of encounter” after the recent violence at the U.S. Capitol Building.
Incoming USCCB doctrine chair: Death penalty is part of ‘throwaway culture’

In an online panel Friday, the incoming chair of the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee discussed the church’s opposition to the death penalty as a matter of fighting the “throwaway culture.”
Jesuit priest will deliver invocation at Biden's presidential inauguration

Jesuit Father Leo O'Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden Jan. 20.
Cardinal Gregory calls for prayer and peace after unrest at US Capitol

The Archbishop of Washington has condemned the incursion into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by pro-Trump protesters. “Our United States Capitol is sacred ground and a place where people over the past centuries have rightly demonstrated, representing a wide variety of opinions,” stated Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
In wake of Capitol attack, leaders urge rejection of divisions that lead to violence

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Smith was in his office in the Rayburn House Office Building, writing remarks to endorse the election of Democrat Joe Biden to the presidency, when alarms sounded.
US Catholic bishops demand peace replace violence after protesters disrupt Capitol

Catholic bishops strongly condemned pro-Donald Trump protesters' incursion that penetrated the Capitol Building Wednesday as Congress debated the certification of the presidential election results, leading to the evacuation of lawmakers and the deadly shooting of one protester by law enforcement.
Assault on U.S. Capitol shocks the world

As Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops' conference tweeted: "I didn't realize just how much the integrity of and respect for the democratic institutions of the U.S. matter to the rest of the world until this pandemonium erupted in D.C. From the other side of the world, I find myself shaken and disbelieving."
Chaos stops electoral vote count as Trump supporters mob Capitol

Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, putting the building on lockdown and interrupting the count of electoral votes to certify the 2020 election, capping the last days of a tumultuous presidency with chaos.

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