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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.”
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An exit interview with Jesuit Father Pat Conroy, outgoing chaplain of the House
The Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, a lawyer and Jesuit priest, stepped down as chaplain to the House of Representatives at the beginning of this year, ending nearly ten years of service to the People’s House.
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Can defendants get a fair trial at the Vatican? The Vatican decides it doesn’t want to hear Italy’s answer
The Vatican on Monday abruptly abandoned its extradition request for an Italian woman wanted on embezzlement-related charges. The case would have tested whether Italy considers the Vatican a place where someone can get a fair trial.
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Pope Francis: We must recommit to Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for equality
With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Pope Francis said.