Attorneys call Equality Act an overreach and say it may backfire

If it becomes law, the Equality Act, which has been described as a one of President Joe Biden’s top legislative priorities, will be an overreaching use of federal power to shut down religious liberties and traditional views on gender, according to attorneys tracking the measure. “It is so expansive,” said Paul Jonna, a California-based special... Read More

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February 1, 2021

Young people urged to be ‘persistent in highlighting’ the sacredness of life

The continuing Covid-19 pandemic and strict restrictions intended to slow its spread did not stop young people and others in the United States from rallying, praying and standing up for life this past weekend. As it has done for nearly 30 years, the Archdiocese of Washington hosted its regular “Rally and Mass for Life” prior to the annual March for Life. However... Read More

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January 23, 2021

Bishops welcome Biden as president, offering prayers for the common good

Bishops throughout the United States welcomed this week’s inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation’s 46th president, saying it was a celebration of democracy and liberty, while praying for unity and reconciliation in the face of deep political divides. They also called for civil dialogue on issues on which there is disagreement between Church doctrine and public... Read More

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December 2, 2020

Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures

A move by the US Department of Justice to expand how it carries out federal death sentences – to include electrocution, gas or firing squads along with lethal injections – has been sharply criticised by Catholic anti-death penalty activists. “The administration’s eleventh-hour push to bring back firing squads and institute additional methods of execution flies... Read More

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November 30, 2020

Court says New York limits on houses of worship restrict religious freedom

In a recent 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court lifted the pandemic restrictions on congregation sizes at houses of worship imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, and two Orthodox Jewish synagogues in separate filings appealed to the nation’s high court, claiming the governor’s executive order violated their free exercise... Read More

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November 3, 2020

As US election polls open, tensions and fences rise around the country

On the morning of 2nd November, the US capital looked as if it was getting ready for a hurricane rather than an election. Drills buzzed away, fences went up, hammers pounded, as workers rapidly boarded up buildings, from law offices, to hotels, to vitamin and coffee shops in the vicinity of the White House. Peter Matlon, a Catholic... Read More

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October 2, 2020

Catholic voters urged to consult Church’s social teaching for guidance on issues

As early voting begins in some states for the forthcoming presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori is urging his parishioners to be guided by the principles of Catholic social teaching as they complete their ballots. ‘Casting our votes is not only a privilege but also a solemn duty and responsibility,’ Archbishop Lori wrote in... Read More

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September 16, 2020

Court sides with Trump on right to end Temporary Protected Status

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has sided with President Donald Trump’s plan to end a particular immigration protection status that would have allowed people from six countries that have suffered disasters to remain in the United States. The court said the president was within his rights to revoke what’s called Temporary... Read More

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August 17, 2020

Rising gun violence points up bishops’ call for commonsense gun laws

Earlier this month, when the Bishop of El Paso, Texas, prayed for the dead on the first anniversary of the mass shooting at a Walmart in his city, he made that solemn tribute in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept much of the US public in social-distancing mode. The level of gun... Read More

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July 27, 2020

US surgeon general says preventing spread of virus must be top priority

Calling the Covid-19 pandemic the challenge of a lifetime, the United States’ top public health official travelled to Florida seeking help in slowing the deadly outbreak. He also came to learn how one urban community has managed a particularly low incidence of infection spread among the homeless. Dr Jerome Adams, the 20th US surgeon general,... Read More

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Attorneys call Equality Act an overreach and say it may backfire

Young people urged to be ‘persistent in highlighting’ the sacredness of life

Bishops welcome Biden as president, offering prayers for the common good

Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures

Court says New York limits on houses of worship restrict religious freedom

As US election polls open, tensions and fences rise around the country

Catholic voters urged to consult Church’s social teaching for guidance on issues

Court sides with Trump on right to end Temporary Protected Status

Rising gun violence points up bishops’ call for commonsense gun laws

US surgeon general says preventing spread of virus must be top priority

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