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Julie Asher

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Julie Asher is the National Editor for Catholic News Service.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., display the "American Rescue Plan" during the enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington March 10, 2021, following passage of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease relief bill. (CNS photo/Erin Scott, Reuters)

Bishops: Relief will help many; lack of Hyde protections 'unconscionable'

Julie Asher|Mar 12, 2021|5 Min Read

A sign on the door of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover Hills, Md., alerts the public there will be no Sunday Mass March 22, 2020. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee released a pastoral message March 9, 2021, marking one year since the coronavirus pandemic "changed life" and "ushered in suffering" in the United States. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

USCCB Administrative Committee's pastoral message marks year of pandemic

Julie Asher|Mar 9, 2021|5 Min Read

Catholic Charities staff and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Washington distribute 500 grocery boxes and 500 family meals in the parking lot of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception July 10, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Bishops say pandemic relief bill must be passed without abortion funding

Julie Asher|Mar 8, 2021|6 Min Read

A man in the Queens borough of New York City arrives to receive the COVID-19 vaccine outside Citi Field Feb. 10, 2021, home of the New York Mets. (CNS photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

COVID-19 bill OK'd without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion

Julie Asher|Mar 3, 2021|6 Min Read

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks Nov. 16, 2020, at the USCCB headquarters in Washington during the bishops' virtual fall meeting. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Gomez: U.S. bishops' working group set up last November completes work

Julie Asher|Mar 1, 2021|4 Min Read

Xavier Becerra testifies during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Feb. 23, 2021. (CNS photo/Sarah Silbiger, Pool via Reuters)

Becerra's critics urge Senate committees to reject his nomination for HHS

Julie Asher|Feb 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, processes out after the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Jan. 28, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Naumann: Biden action on Title X makes abortion part of family planning program

Julie Asher|Jan 29, 2021|3 Min Read

President Joe Biden signs executive orders at the White House in Washington Jan. 22, 2021. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Bishops, other pro-life leaders decry Biden action ending 'Mexico City policy'

Julie Asher|Jan 28, 2021|6 Min Read

Activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 8, 2019, as it hears arguments in three major employment discrimination cases on whether federal civil rights law prohibiting workplace discrimination on the "basis of sex" covers gay and transgender employees. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Bishops say order on LBGTQ equality has implications for religious liberty

Julie Asher|Jan 25, 2021|5 Min Read

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is seen in this 2018 file photo. he is President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)

Over 40 pro-life leaders call on Senate to reject Biden's nominee to head HHS

Julie Asher|Dec 23, 2020|4 Min Read

A pharmacist undergoes training in preparation for the distribution of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a Mount Sinai Health System pharmacy in the Queens borough of New York City in this handout photo released Dec. 10, 2020. (CNS photo/Mount Sinai Health System via Reuters)

Bishops: Getting COVID-19 vaccine is 'act of charity,' supports the common good

Julie Asher|Dec 14, 2020|5 Min Read

The word "COVID-19" is reflected in a vaccine drop that dangles from a syringe needle in this illustration photo Nov. 9, 2020. (CNS photo/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)

Use of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines is morally acceptable, say bishops

Julie Asher|Nov 24, 2020|6 Min Read

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