Tag: Government

  • March 8, 2021

Bishops say pandemic relief bill must be passed without abortion funding

If it becomes law, the American Rescue Plan Act would pit the great need Americans have for economic...
  • March 8, 2021

El Salvador’s recent election may test Biden’s plan to stem immigration

Weeks before legislative elections in February, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele kept trying to tamp down a report by...
  • March 2, 2021

Biden begins talks with Mexico touching on immigration, Virgin of Guadalupe

U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began bilateral cooperation talks March 1 with...
  • March 1, 2021

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

Over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities USA, praised the American Rescue Plan passed by the U.S....
  • February 25, 2021

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

About 60 pro-life leaders signed a letter objecting to confirmation of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Joe...
  • February 23, 2021

Biden leads nation in mourning its 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a speech from the White House Feb. 22, the day the...
  • February 18, 2021

Biden’s immigration plan begins what might be long journey through Congress

Democrats formally introduced one of the most ambitious plans to date to address legal and illegal immigration in...
  • February 17, 2021

House bill recognizes fetal pain, would bar most abortions after 20 weeks

Citing leading experts in the field of fetal pain, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, said the proposed...