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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden has resigned his position as president of Santa Clara University in Northern California, college officials said, after an investigation found he engaged in inappropriate, alcohol-fueled conversations with graduate students. The Rev. Kevin O’Brien, at the direction of Jesuit … [Read more...] about Biden Inauguration Priest Resigns California University Post

(Washington Examiner) The U.S. Army released an animated advertisement featuring a girl raised by two mothers, who marched in pride parades. The advertisement, titled Emma|The Calling, showed a girl's childhood before she joined the Army as a Patriot Missile operator. The two-minute video followed Emma while she watched her two mothers get married, joined a sorority at the … [Read more...] about Army Releases Recruitment Advertisement Featuring Lesbian Wedding

Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) On the eve of her removal from the House Republican leadership for failing to back President Donald Trump's attacks on the 2020 election, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney cited principles she insisted were foundational for many conservatives such as herself: the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law and faith. In a defiant speech to the empty House chamber … [Read more...] about Liz Cheney, Ousted From Party Leadership, Invokes Pope and the ‘Power of Faith’

by Jack Jenkins (RNS) A Vatican official urged U.S. bishops to tap the brakes on plans to produce a document concerning Communion and politicians, sending a letter to a top U.S. cleric that could dial-down debate over whether to deny President Joe Biden the Eucharist. The letter, dated May 7 and first reported by America Magazine, came from Cardinal Luis … [Read more...] about Vatican Cautions Bishops on Denying Communion to Politicians Who Back Abortion

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer They share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base. Yet there’s a deep gulf between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego in the high-stakes debate over whether politicians who support abortion rights should be denied Communion. Cordileone, who has long established … [Read more...] about 2 Catholic Bishops at Odds Over Biden Receiving Communion