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President-elect Joe Biden receives a national security briefing in Wilmington, Del., Nov. 17, 2020. Biden is the second Catholic to be elected president of the United States. The news media Nov. 7 declared Biden and his vice presidential running mate, Kamala Harris, winners of the Nov. 3 election. (CNS photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters)

Working group formed to deal with conflicts between Biden policies, church teaching

Mark Pattison|Nov 17, 2020|3 Min Read

Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, USCCB president, and Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, outgoing USCCB general secretary, converse Nov. 16, 2020, in the studio at USCCB headquarters in Washington. They were in the studio for the bishops' fall general assembly, convened virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Screen Grab)

Bishops add COVID-19, anti-racism elements to four-year strategic plan

Mark Pattison|Nov 17, 2020|3 Min Read

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services celebrates morning Mass Jan. 27, 2020, during the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Bishops reauthorize anti-racism ad hoc committee for three more years

Mark Pattison|Nov 17, 2020|4 Min Read

Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg, Fla., who is treasurer of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of St. Petersburg)

Bishops approve pandemic-influenced budget for 2021

Mark Pattison|Nov 17, 2020|2 Min Read

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, records his address Nov. 12, 2020, to be delivered to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' fall meeting Nov. 16, the first day of the two-day virtual meeting. Archbishop Pierre recorded the speech in the studio at the USCCB headquarters in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Bishops face the challenge of 'healing the world,' Archbishop Pierre says

Mark Pattison|Nov 16, 2020|4 Min Read

In this 2018 file photo, a boy receives Communion during a Mass at Transfiguration Church in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith

Catholics lead all Christians in number of racially diverse congregations

Mark Pattison|Nov 16, 2020|3 Min Read

Volunteers in Mosul, Iraq, clean the Syriac Catholic Church of St. Thomas Oct. 28, 2020. News reports said the effort "seeks to sweep away the horrors" of three years of rule by Islamic State militants and welcome back members of minority faiths who fled IS. (CNS photo/Abdullah Rashid, Reuters)

World

Christians, Muslims again top list of faiths facing hostility worldwide

Mark Pattison|Nov 10, 2020|5 Min Read

Filmmaker Jim Wahlberg speaks about opioid awareness at the 2017 New Hampshire Youth Summit in Manchester, Mass. In his new book "The Big Hustle," Wahlberg writes about his struggle with drug addiction and how he overcame it. (CNS photo/Ilene Perlman via Pinkston)

A fourth Wahlberg brother comes to the fore in new book

Mark Pattison|Nov 4, 2020|4 Min Read

In this 2011 file photo, a young refugee from Myanmar's ethnic Chin minority holds a placard in New Delhi during a rally to mark World Refugee Day. (CNS photo/Parivartan Sharma, Reuters)

World

Advocates push for more aid for Myanmar Christians routed from their homes

Mark Pattison|Oct 21, 2020|4 Min Read

Seven Catholics, calling themselves the Kings Bay Plowshares, are seen April 4, 2018, before they entered the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia to protest nuclear weapons. They argued in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Aug. 7, 2019, that their actions were motivated by their Catholic faith and not by their political beliefs and therefore were protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The group includes, from left, Clare Grady, Patrick O'Neill, Elizabeth McAlister, Jesuit Father Steve Kelly, Martha Hennessy, Mark Colville and Carmen Trotta. (CNS photo/Kings Bay Plowshares)

Sentences passed on two Kings Bay Plowshares defendants

Mark Pattison|Oct 16, 2020|4 Min Read

A submerged car in Lake Charles, La., is pictured on a flooded street Oct. 10, 2020, after Hurricane Delta swept through the area. (CNS photo/Kathleen Flynn, Reuters)

Hurricane Delta deals fresh blow to hard-hit Louisiana dioceses

Mark Pattison|Oct 12, 2020|4 Min Read

Paulist Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser, who died in 2000, and Raul Julia, who died in 1994, are seen on the set of the 1989 film "Romero." (CNS photo/Four Seasons)

Where are the Father Peytons, Father Kiesers and Bishop Sheens of today?

Mark Pattison|Sep 30, 2020|4 Min Read

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