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Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him.

Slovenian Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, the papal ambassador in Iraq, who was supposed to accompany Pope Francis during his March 5-8 visit to the land of the two rivers, tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and is now in isolation.

A contingent of national Catholic organizations has called on President Joe Biden to undertake steps to have the United States rejoin the Iran nuclear deal in an effort to promote peace and international security.

Dos líderes religiosos, incluyendo el presidente de un comité de obispos de Estados Unidos, exhortaron a la administración de Joe Biden apoyar el uso de $3 billones en fondos de reserva global, ayudando así a los países en desarrollo a responder a la pandemia de coronavirus.

El presidente Joe Biden anunció el 24 de febrero la revocación de una proclamación hecha en 2020 por su antecesor, Donald Trump, que buscaba mantener a quienes solicitaban tarjetas de residencia permanente (conocidas popularmente como tarjetas verdes) fuera del país debido a la pandemia.

Conversion means believing that God became flesh to make all things new and offer his kingdom to everyone, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, offering the first meditation of Lent for leaders of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees.

A couple days ahead of the vote, the chairmen of five U.S. bishops' committees said its mandates will "discriminate against people of faith" by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women's sports, "and sex-specific facilities."

The women housed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, the only women's prison in the state of New Jersey, seem to have the cards stacked against them.

The psychological and emotional trauma of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is only now beginning to be felt, and is bound to keep affecting American workers for some time to come.

The German bishops' conference elected a woman as general secretary during a virtual assembly that turned into a crisis meeting focused on the church's handling of sex abuse.

President Joe Biden announced Feb. 24 a reversal of a 2020 proclamation by the Trump administration that sought to keep those applying for permanent residency cards, popularly known as green cards, out of the country because of the pandemic.

Así como el clima más frío en más de 30 años trajo una nueva miseria a los solicitantes de asilo varados en un campo de refugiados en México, el fin de su difícil situación puede que al fin esté en el horizonte.

En El Salvador existen dos respuestas dominantes cuando se le pregunta a alguien sobre los posibles resultados de las elecciones legislativas y municipales el 28 de febrero: será un movimiento hacia una dictadura o una oportunidad para mover el país hacia adelante.

Raised in a family where faith is important, Haley Bridges has always followed the Golden Rule.

As the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation this past year, hospital chaplains -- already accustomed to helping people cope with sickness and death -- found their ministries took on added significance.

If the House of Representatives passes the Equality Act, its mandates will "discriminate against people of faith" by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women’s sports, "and sex-specific facilities," said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops' committees.

About 60 pro-life leaders signed a letter objecting to confirmation of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A baseball card collection worth thousands of dollars was a split second away from being dropped into a trash can and disappearing forever in a landfill.