Dispatches

Hours before his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden, his family, friends and congressional leaders of both parties gathered for Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.

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.

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.

The rush of federal executions was an “aberration” that does not reflect the great successes of the death penalty abolition movement in recent years.

 “Covid knows no boundaries or immigration status; it is an indiscriminate killer.”

A new law threatens the viability of government-supported Catholic schools in Spain.