President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Biden administration denounces protests against pro-life groups, including Catholic churches
Protests have also been held outside the homes of two Supreme Court Justices in the Washington area.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Biden promised to let in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. But the administration isn’t prepared to meet that goal.
President Biden has an opportunity in this crisis. The American people want to help Ukrainians threatened by Vladimir Putin’s vicious war.
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Joe Biden gets his ashes from Cardinal Wilton Gregory—and shares what he’s giving up for Lent
President Joe Biden told reporters on Ash Wednesday that earlier in the day he met with a cardinal for prayer and ashes—and revealed what he has given up for Lent.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis, Joe Biden and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar all issue statements promoting human fraternity
Pope Francis, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and President Biden issued statements emphasizing the need to recognize that all people are brothers and sisters and are called to live together as such to achieve peace.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Better than Trump but ‘too slow to deliver change.’ Biden’s immigration record one year in
While acknowledging it will take years to reverse President Trump’s policies and finally move toward immigration reform, many hoped the Biden administration would have done more by this point.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Inflation, infrastructure, Build Back Better: How should we judge the economy during Biden’s first year?
President Biden is playing the long game in trying to revitalize the economy after Covid. It may take a long time to figure out how to measure the results.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Joe Biden’s Oval Office ‘Hagar the Horrible’ cartoon is filled with Catholic hope and expectation
President Joe Biden installed a new touch of his own to the White House: a framed copy of a “Hagar the Horrible” cartoon. In it, Hagar yells to the sky, “Why me?” to which God replies, “Why not?”
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Joe Biden serves in a food kitchen before heading to Nantucket for family’s Thanksgiving tradition
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a Washington food kitchen prepare Thanksgiving meals for the needy before they left town to resume their family tradition of spending the holiday on tiny Nantucket Island.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Debate over the Eucharist and pro-choice politicians ends in a whimper at bishops’ meeting
After months of speculation that the document could offer guidance to empower individual bishops to deny Communion to pro-choice politicians, the document only obliquely references Catholics in public life.