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U.S. House passes Equality Act in a 224-206 vote

Feb 26, 2021

The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in a 224-206 vote Feb. 25.

Biden reverses policy barring green-card applicants from entering U.S.

Feb 25, 2021

President Joe Biden announced Feb. 24 a reversal of a 2020 proclamation by the Trump administration that sought to keep those applying for permanent residency cards, popularly known as green cards, out of the country because of the pandemic.

By Rhina Guidos

U.S. bishops highlight religious liberty concerns with Equality Act

Feb 24, 2021

Ahead of a House of Representatives vote this week, the U.S. bishop’s conference denounced the Equality Act as a bill that “discriminates against people of faith,” and something that “can be construed to include an abortion mandate.”

By John Lavenburg

Word change in missal doxology takes effect on Ash Wednesday

Feb 19, 2021

A change in wording to the concluding doxology of orations in the Roman Missal, from “one God, for ever and ever” to “God, for ever and ever,” took effect on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic leaders urge TPS for Central Americans, aid for storm-ravaged nations

Feb 11, 2021

Two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen and the head of Catholics Relief Services asked the Biden administration Feb. 10 to grant Temporary Protected Status for 18 months to foreign nationals from Central America in the United States and to provide aid to their hurricane-ravaged countries.

By Catholic News Service

World Marriage Day to be celebrated this year on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day

Feb 10, 2021

This year, World Marriage Day, observed annually on the second Sunday of February, will be celebrated Feb. 14, which also is the feast of St. Valentine and which since the eighth century has been a celebration of love and affection.

By Catholic News Service

Meet elected officials as ‘missionary disciples,’ Archbishop Gomez says

Feb 9, 2021

“When we speak to our elected officials, we speak as missionary disciples, as followers of Jesus Christ,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles in a Feb. 9 closing message to the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.

By Mark Pattison

CRS shifts into gear to help during ‘crisis on top of other crises’

Feb 9, 2021

Though COVID-19 seems like the global enemy to defeat, for aid organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, it is simply another crisis to respond to, said Bill O’Keefe, executive vice president for mission and mobilization for the international agency.

By Rhina Guidos