Joe Biden Archives

Cardinal Burke says pro-choice politicians are ‘apostates’

Apr 8, 2021

According to American Cardinal Raymond Burke, politicians who “publicly and obstinately” support abortion are “apostates” who cannot receive Communion.

By Inés San Martín

Catholic organizations urge Biden to return U.S. to Iran nuclear deal

Feb 27, 2021

A contingent of national Catholic organizations has called on President Joe Biden to undertake steps to have the United States rejoin the Iran nuclear deal in an effort to promote peace and international security.

By Catholic News Service

Biden calls out ‘political extremism’ at prayer breakfast

Feb 4, 2021

President Joe Biden on Thursday called for a confrontation of the “political extremism” that inspired the U.S. Capitol riot and appealed for collective strength during such turbulent times in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, a Washington tradition that asks political combatants to set aside their differences for one morning.

By Will Weissert and Elana Schor

Prayer breakfast gives Biden fresh chance to call for unity

Feb 4, 2021

President Joe Biden is expected to address the National Prayer Breakfast, a Washington tradition that calls on political combatants to set aside their differences for one morning.

By Will Weissert and Elana Schor

Poet Amanda Gorman is a light to us all, parishioner says

Jan 25, 2021

Long before she burst into the public spotlight delivering her inauguration poem, Amanda Gorman got a standing ovation from fellow parishioners of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles for reciting a poem she wrote about the parish.

By Carol Zimmermann

New book looks at intersection of Biden’s faith with his politics

Jan 20, 2021

At the start of President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign Massimo Faggioli had no plans to write a book. But as time went on, he realized the intersection of Biden’s faith, politics and a divided American Catholic Church couldn’t be ignored.

By John Lavenburg

Biden attends memorial for COVID-19 victims

Jan 20, 2021

Not long after the sun set in Washington D.C. Tuesday night Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington joined President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor the lives lost to COVID-19.

By John Lavenburg

As Biden inauguration nears, U.S. bishops urged to work with administration

Jan 19, 2021

A little more than two months have gone by and there hasn’t been a word from the U.S. Bishops’ task force created to navigate the relationship with the Biden Administration, as the president-elect and his team forges ahead through the transition period.

By John Lavenburg