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Biden Title IX changes affect state laws on women’s sports, locker rooms, lawyers warn
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 12:30 pm The addition of “gender identity” in the Biden administration’s interpretation of anti-discrimination rules could jeopardize state laws that restrict women’s sports and women’s locker rooms to only women, according to legal scholars. Late last week, President Joe Biden’s Department …
Michigan bishop apologizes for calling President Biden ‘stupid’
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 19, 2024 / 18:20 pm Bishop Robert Gruss of Saginaw, Michigan, issued an apology on Friday for having referred to President Joe Biden as “stupid” during a talk earlier in the month. Gruss had made the comment in a talk on April 5 titled “Forgiveness …
Washington archbishop: Biden ‘picks and chooses’ parts of Catholic faith
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2024 / 10:50 am Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, on Sunday asserted that President Joe Biden “picks and chooses” elements of the Catholic faith to follow, that he is “sincere” in his faith but he refuses to engage with some of the …
Biden pushes for taxpayer-funded abortion nationwide in 2025 budget plan
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2024 / 14:45 pm President Joe Biden is calling for taxpayer-funded abortion nationwide and more funding for a program that funnels money to Planned Parenthood facilities in his 2025 budget plan unveiled last week. The $7.3 trillion budget would eliminate two safeguards that …
Biden says he disagrees with Catholic Church’s stance on IVF
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 16:35 pm President Joe Biden expressed today his disagreement with the Catholic Church’s position that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is immoral because it kills countless unborn human babies. As the controversy continues after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling established the personhood of unborn …
Biden announces new pro-abortion measures on Roe v. Wade anniversary
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 22, 2024 / 16:00 pm President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced new plans to increase access to surgical abortion, chemical abortion, and contraceptives, with the move coming on the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now-defunct Roe v. Wade ruling. The White House’s …
Biden-Harris to prioritize abortion stance for reelection campaign
By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2023 / 19:05 pm Vice President Kamala Harris announced she will embark on a tour across the nation promoting abortion rights, beginning on the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade next month. In focusing on abortion, the vice president’s tour …
U.S. bishops: Biden administration’s proposed workplace guidance a ‘chill’ to free speech
By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 18:10 pm The U.S. Catholic bishops told the Biden administration last week that its newly proposed guidance on sex-based harassment in the workplace is unconstitutional because it bans speech opposing abortion and expressing certain views on contraception, same-sex relationships, and gender identity. …
UPDATE: Pope Francis and U.S. President Biden speak by phone, discuss Israel and Gaza
By Tina Dennelly CNA Staff, Oct 22, 2023 / 13:20 pm Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday afternoon to discuss “the latest developments in Israel and Gaza,” according to a statement from the White House. The Holy See Press Office said earlier the phone call …
Cardinal Dolan says Biden ‘doesn’t take my calls’ on migrant crisis in New York City
By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Sep 26, 2023 / 16:08 pm Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in an interview that President Joe Biden is ignoring his calls about the “tragic, broken” migrant system in the U.S., which has landed tens of thousands of migrants and refugees in …