Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S.C.C.B., wished the new president well, but he also condemned the nation’s second Catholic president’s support for abortion rights.
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President of U.S. bishops prays God will grant Joe Biden ‘wisdom and courage’ to lead
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed hope the incoming administration “will work with the church and others of goodwill.”
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A look at Joe Biden’s religiously and ethnically diverse cabinet nominees
If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the Cabinet will have diverse religious backgrounds. The majority are Catholic, with five Jews, two Black Baptists and two Hindus.
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Read: Full text of Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address
Read President Joseph R. Biden’s Inaugural Address.
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Read: The Invocation at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden
At the inauguration of the second Catholic president in U.S. history, Jesuit Father Leo O’Donovan asked God to “help us under our new president to reconcile the people of our land.”
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Read: The homily Joe Biden heard at Mass on Inauguration Day
“My deepest prayer for you today, as a priest, citizen and friend, is that you always remember that the Lord is near.”
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Vatican begins vaccinating residents of its homeless shelters
The first 25 shelter residents were vaccinated Jan. 20, the Vatican said, and more will be given the vaccine in the coming days.
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Cardinal Dolan wishes Joe Biden well ahead of inauguration but says ‘there is more of an urgency now’ on abortion
Cardinal Dolan said President-elect Joe Biden “speaks with admirable sensitivity about protecting the rights of the weakest and most threatened” but also “ran on a platform avidly supporting this gruesome capital punishment for innocent preborn babies.”
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Cardinal Wilton Gregory prays for all who have died of Covid-19 at memorial service with Joe Biden
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at a pre-inauguration memorial service Jan. 19 to honor and remember the more than 400,000 Americans who have succumbed to COVID-19.
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Sotomayor: 13 executed under Trump administration ‘deserved more’ from Supreme Court
“There can be no justice on the fly in matters of life and death.”