Catholic leaders welcomed President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day announcement that the United States would rejoin the Paris climate change agreement.
Catholic leaders welcome Biden plan to rejoin Paris climate agreement
Priest, parishioner among casualties in Madrid explosion
A priest and a member of the parish were among four killed in an explosion at the Church of Our Lady of La Paloma in Madrid, which was caused by a gas leak.
Second Catholic president causes some to celebrate, gives others anxiety
Joe Biden becomes president at a time when the country is enduring a deadly pandemic, profound polarization, racial divisions and financial uncertainty.
USCCB president prays God grants Biden ‘wisdom, courage’ to lead nation
Archbishop Gomez also said in a Jan. 20 statement that he was praying for Biden, the country’s second Catholic president, as he enters office so that God grants “him wisdom and courage to lead this great nation and … to meet the tests of these times.”
Catholics in public life, saints to be included in Trump’s new ‘heroes’ garden
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 18, 2021, to create a National Garden of American Heroes, with saints and other Catholic figures listed among the dozens he said will be included.
Inauguration: End violence, resume civil discourse, respect all life, Dolan says
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he hoped the “renewal and rededication that usually accompanies the inauguration of a new president” also will be a time for violence to subside and civil discourse to resume.
Sotomayor: 13 executed under Trump administration ‘deserved more’ from court
Justice Sotomayor issued a strong dissent to a Jan. 15, decision by the high court clearing the way for the execution of inmate Dustin Higgs at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.
Trump signs anti-Semitism bill into law, creating ambassadorial post
On Jan. 13, 2021, he signed the “Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act,” creating an ambassadorial post for the job.