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Love is the solution to the deep divisions that trouble societies, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in his Jan. 12 keynote for a virtual conference at the University of Notre Dame.

A Department of Health and Human Services modified rule taking effect Jan. 19, 2021, helps ensure faith-based social service providers will not be excluded from certain federally funded programs.

In a statement issued Jan. 15, on what would have been Rev. King's 92nd birthday, Bishop Burbidge said: "Through Dr. King's witness and the power of his echoing words, he championed the inherent God-given dignity of all persons, particularly those subjected to bigotry and prejudice."

For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home.

Celebrating a livestreamed Mass for the community of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington Jan. 13, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory noted how sometimes the readings of the day "fit our lives so perfectly."

Two weeks into 2021, "The Bible in a Year" tops the charts -- and has since 48 hours after its Jan. 1 launch.

​​​​​​​BERLIN -- The International Auschwitz Committee welcomed the arrest of a man who was wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words "Camp Auschwitz" during the storming of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6.

WASHINGTON -- After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row inmate Lisa Montgomery's execution on hold, and it denied two other last-minute requests to postpone the execution.

The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for a speech lawmakers said spurred the riot at the U.S. Capitol and making him the first commander in chief to be impeached twice.

The Supreme Court Jan. 12 reinstated a federal requirement that women who are seeking abortion-inducing drugs must do so in person, not by mail.

Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, leaning on his Catholic upbringing in Austria, said a "public servant's heart" is needed in America's elected officials, especially after the Jan. 6 Capitol siege that prompted the remarks.

A joint statement from two U.S. bishops who head different committees of the U.S. bishops called for an end to the federal use of the death penalty as "long past time."

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats introduced a single article of impeachment, charging President Donald Trump with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in a riot at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6.

WASHINGTON -- "The degradation of culture leads to these moments where violence can be pursued in the name of justice."

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Catholics saw the election season as an opportunity to live their faith through civic engagement.

WASHINGTON  -- The wins by Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, in the Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia will give Democrats the White House and both houses of Congress.

WASHINGTON -- Jesuit Father Leo O'Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden Jan. 20.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- There is no example in American history of a U.S. president inciting violence against American institutions or fellow citizens in the manner that President Donald Trump seemingly did on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a historian at The Catholic University of America.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referenced the Epiphany, St. Francis of Assisi, and also uttered a prayer as the House of Representatives reconvened the night of Jan. 6 to confirm the Electoral College win of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the November presidential election.

Archbishop Cordileone along with other Catholic bishops condemned mob violence that occurred Jan. 6 when supporters of President Trump entered the U.S. Capitol to protest Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election.