In 2015, Father Leo O’Donovan presided over the funeral Mass for Beau Biden following his death from brain cancer. Tomorrow, he will deliver the invocation at Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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This nun has tweeted a prayer for Trump every day for four years. It hasn’t gotten any easier.
With days left in President Trump’s term, Sister Susan Francois has followed through on her pledge to post a daily prayer, even if they have become a bit more assertive after the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol.
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What will it take to end the death penalty? Catholic activists say a more visceral approach is needed.
The rush of federal executions was an “aberration” that does not reflect the great successes of the death penalty abolition movement in recent years.
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Blocking undocumented workers from Covid vaccines will be a moral and public health disaster, ethicists say
“Covid knows no boundaries or immigration status; it is an indiscriminate killer.”
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The future of Catholic schools in Spain is in question under a new law
A new law threatens the viability of government-supported Catholic schools in Spain.
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Sister Helen Prejean on Trump and Barr’s cruel spree of executions
For 17 years the attorneys general of the United States did not pursue death even though that power was in their hands, then you hit somebody like Trump.’
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‘This has got to stop’: Catholic leaders react to Trump supporters’ attack on the Capitol
“This has got to stop,” Bishop Robert Barron said. “And I say that as an American but…also as a Catholic bishop.”
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Watergate prosecutor: Trump’s attempt to overthrow the election is criminal—and should be investigated
Philip Allen Lacovara, who served as special counsel to Watergate prosecutors, described the president’s call to election officials in Georgia as “a new low in Trumpian mendacity and abuse.”
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Steps from the birthplace of Jesus, women continue giving birth in Bethlehem hospital
Holy Family Hospital prides itself on welcoming every expectant mother, without taking into account religious background, nationality or the ability to pay.
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With Congress in turmoil, Catholic charities mobilize to respond to Covid-19 hunger crisis
A global hunger crisis, foretold in the beginning days of the Covid-19 crisis, is being realized.