Doctors Without Borders is promoting a “Twitter storm” aimed at pressuring countries to waive certain patent protections during the pandemic.
Social media campaign launched against patents during pandemic
COVID-19 bill OK’d without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion
Democratic members of the U.S. Senate were hopeful their version of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package would be passed the second week of March.
Pope says he cannot disappoint Iraqis, asks prayers for trip
On the same day that 10 rockets hit an air base in Iraq, Pope Francis said he had to travel to the country because he could not disappoint them.
Biden begins talks with Mexico touching on immigration, Virgin of Guadalupe
U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began bilateral cooperation talks March 1 with humor, a focus on limiting immigration to the U.S. and talk about Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Bishops address concern over Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s abortion link
Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, approved Feb. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raises moral concerns because it was “was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines,” the chairmen of two U.S. bishops committees said March 2.
Gomez: U.S. bishops’ working group set up last November completes work
A special working group of the U.S. bishops formed last November to deal with conflicts that could arise between the policies of President Joe Biden, a Catholic, and church teaching has completed its work, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said in a March 1 memo to all the U.S. bishops.
Montana lawmakers consider abortion, death penalty, assisted suicide bills
The Montana Senate gave initial approval Feb. 25 to four bills restricting access to abortions in the state.
Supreme Court lifts ban on indoor worship in California county
A Supreme Court decision allowing indoor worship services in Santa Clara county, California, was praised by Bishop Oscar Cantú of the Diocese of San Jose, located in the county where the ban had been in effect.