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November 1, 2021

Supreme Court orders NY court to reconsider ruling forcing Catholic diocese to cover abortions

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered New York's top court to reconsider its ruling against a coalition of charities that challenged the state's mandate that employers cover abortions in their employee health insurance plans.

October 30, 2021

Biden slammed by Catholic priests for meeting with Pope Francis, taking communion

President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in the sacrament, prompting negative reactions from Catholic priests upset that the president’s position on abortion is not in line with Church doctrine.

October 29, 2021

Biden says Pope Francis told him to continue receiving communion, amid scrutiny over pro-abortion policies

President Biden said that Pope Francis, during their meeting Friday in Vatican City, told him that he should continue to receive communion, amid heightened scrutiny of the Catholic president's pro-abortion policies. 

October 29, 2021

Judith Miller: Biden and Pope Francis meet as the Vatican welcomes visitors post-COVID

After the Vatican’s 14-month pandemic induced closure Pope Francis has been receiving a bevy of prominent guests – Germany’s President Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and this Friday, before heading to a pair of international summits, President Biden.

October 27, 2021

Psaki acknowledges Biden and pope on different page on abortion, tangles with reporter

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that President Biden and Pope Francis will discuss a range of issues on which they agree during their upcoming visit, and that abortion won’t be one of them.

October 24, 2021

Rev. Robert Sirico: Pope Francis makes an enemy of the poor's best friend—the free market

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October 23, 2021

Biden's upcoming meeting with Pope Francis comes amid rift with US bishops

President Biden is slated to meet with Pope Francis for his first time as president next Friday, just weeks before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will convene in part to draft a document guiding bishops regarding whether politicians who support abortion should be barred from Communion.

October 21, 2021

Jonathan Morris: A Catholic saint is canceled in Los Angeles and the Catholic Church is quiet

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has made it official: he’s going to scrub the name and image of a Catholic saint from a city park that bears the saint’s name. 

October 20, 2021

Callista Gingrich: Don't cancel Catholic Saint Junípero Serra—celebrate him

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced that the name of Saint Junípero Serra, an 18th century Catholic priest who established the first missions in California, will be removed from a park in downtown Los Angeles. The park is the site where protestors tore down a statue of the saint during the Black Lives Matter movement riots last summer.

October 15, 2021

Los Angeles scrubs Catholic Saint Junipero Serra from park where statue was torn down by activists

Los Angeles is scrubbing the name of Junipero Serra, a Roman Catholic saint and missionary, from a downtown Los Angeles park, more than a year after activists vandalized statues of the 19th century priest.