The U.S. should be "leading a coordinated global response to protect the lives of millions of people around the world," the Catholic Health Association said.

"As faith leaders from a diverse range of traditions, we call on President Trump and Attorney General Barr to stop the scheduled federal executions," the group said in the statement released July 7.

The Mexican president has made morality a pillar of his pandemic response, emphasizing clean living and moral rectitude in frequent messages to the nation.

The decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, said the administration had "the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employers with religious and conscientious objections."

Faith-based organizations are pleading with Congress to fund world-wide pandemic relief efforts.

A federal judge has ruled that a Trump administration policy regarding asylum seekers was unlawfully implemented.