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Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the "9 Days for Life" novena Jan. 21-29 for the protection of human life.

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he hoped the "renewal and rededication that usually accompanies the inauguration of a new president" also will be a time for violence to subside and civil discourse to resume.

In the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., "we must meet the forces of hate and ignorance with the power of love," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement for the Jan. 18 federal observance of the slain civil rights leader's birthday.

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

President Donald Trump's decision to ask Congress to rescind billions of dollars in foreign aid spending is "extremely ill-advised," said a senior Catholic Relief Services official.

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.

Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.

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, as a federal judge had allowed last year due to the pandemic and the high court had let stand.