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February 18, 2021

AOC goes vegetarian for Lent to honor colleague’s late son

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is giving up meat for Lent in honor of Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin’s late son – an outspoken vegan and animal lover who died on New Year’s Eve. He was 25.

February 18, 2021

7 fast food restaurants selling fish sandwiches during Lent

These five restaurants are serving fish to feed the faithful.

February 17, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic forces Ash Wednesday changes worldwide

Ash Wednesday services will look different for Christian churches around the world this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 8, 2021

US Catholic school enrollment suffers largest single-year decline in five decades, statistics show

Enrollment in Roman Catholic schools in the United States dropped 6.4% from the previous academic year amid the pandemic and economic stresses -- the largest single-year decline in at least five decades, Catholic education officials reported Monday. 

February 8, 2021

Ohio mother switches daughter from public to Catholic school: 'We didn't have a choice'

An Ohio mother said Monday that she made a "judgment call" in switching her daughter from public to Catholic school, after coronavirus restrictions made it impossible to virtually teach her children and work her job at the same time.  

February 5, 2021

Jeffrey Epstein fund abruptly halts payouts to victims

A fund set up to provide money to scores of women who say they were abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein when they were as young as 14 has abruptly suspended payouts over uncertain funding, an action the Virgin Islands attorney general blamed Thursday on Epstein’s estate as she moved to freeze its assets.

February 2, 2021

William McGurn: COVID is being beaten by Catholic schools -- will Biden speak up for them?

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Catholic-school administrators have moved heaven and earth to keep their classrooms open.

January 29, 2021

Biden's early executive orders put him at odds with Roman Catholic Church

The White House asserts that President Biden is "devout," but many in Church leadership and among the rank-and-file have denounced his policies.

January 28, 2021

Catholic bishops slam Biden’s 'grievous' executive order funding overseas abortion providers

Roman Catholic bishops are condemning President Biden's decision to reverse a policy that blocks funding for overseas abortion providers, calling a recent executive order on the issue "incompatible with Catholic teaching."

January 22, 2021

Roman Catholic bishops alarmed by ‘misguided’ Biden executive order

Roman Catholic bishops criticized on Friday President Biden's recent executive order on applying anti-discrimination protections to certain groups, arguing it didn't properly account for religious liberty and furthered "false theories on human sexuality."