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March 1, 2021

Catholic organisations urge Biden to return US to Iran nuclear deal

A contingent of national Catholic organisations has called on President Joe Biden to undertake steps to have the United States rejoin the Iran nuclear deal in an effort to promote peace and international security. The 26 organisations also said in a letter that the US could lift economic sanctions against the Iranian government in an effort to bring the country’s leaders back to... Read More
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February 26, 2021

Religious leaders urge Biden to support global coronavirus aid

Two religious leaders, including the chairman of a US bishops’ committee, have urged the Biden administration to support the release of $3 trillion in global reserve funds to help developing countries respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Writing to the White House, the leaders also called on the Group of 20 nations, or G-20, and private... Read More
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February 24, 2021

Biden leads US in mourning its 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

President Joe Biden addressed the United States in a speech from the White House on 22nd February, the day the nation reached, and then passed, what he called the “truly grim, heartbreaking milestone” of 500,000 US deaths from Covid-19. He urged Americans to “resist becoming numb to the sorrow” brought on by the hundreds of thousands who died this past year,... Read More
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February 22, 2021

Biden’s immigration plan begins what might be long journey through Congress

Democrats have formally introduced one of the most ambitious plans to date to address legal and illegal immigration in the US, while at the same time signalling limits for those currently attempting to enter without documentation at the southern border. The Biden administration’s US Citizenship Act of 2021 seeks to legalise some 11 million unauthorised immigrants currently in the... Read More
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February 18, 2021

Biden re-establishes White House faith-based partnership office

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order re-establishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships as a means to work with religious and secular organisations to help with Covid-19 and economic recovery and confront systemic racism. The office was established 20 years ago by President George W. Bush, who said the government... Read More
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February 12, 2021

Responding to coup, Biden freezes Myanmar’s military assets in US

US President Joe Biden ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar to prevent six generals from accessing $1 billion in Myanmar government funds in the United States. Biden said the new sanctions would allow his administration to freeze assets that benefit Myanmar’s military leaders while maintaining support for health programmes, civil society groups... Read More
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February 8, 2021

Keeping promise made at Jesuit event, Biden raises refugee cap to 125,000

In November, incoming US President Joe Biden said at a Jesuit Refugee Service event that he would be heading in a dramatically different direction than the previous administration on refugee admissions. Biden has now delivered on those remarks, signing an executive order to raise the refugee cap to 125,000 for fiscal year 2021. “It’s going... Read More
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February 7, 2021

US bishop warns against ‘weaponisation of Eucharist’ with elected officials

Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has warned against the “weaponisation of Eucharist” as a way to get Catholic elected officials, President Joe Biden among them, to adhere to the Church’s stance on abortion. “I do not see how depriving the president or other political leaders of Eucharist based on their public policy stance can be interpreted... Read More
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February 3, 2021

Biden team to review Trump immigration policies prior to reversal

While new US President Joe Biden is still reviewing immigration directives from his predecessor, policy watchers expect a more immigrant-friendly path forward as well as help for some families adversely affected by Trump administration policies. But that path forward still is not clear. Biden’s team is said to be looking at creating a task force to reunite families separated... Read More
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