Unlike that of his only Catholic predecessor in the job, John F. Kennedy, Biden’s Catholicism, White said, “was embedded both in his persona growing up, in the tragedies that have marked his life. It is a huge part of his persona, in a way that’s unlike Kennedy, who was quite private.”
During Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s contentious Senate confirmation hearing as HHS secretary nominee, he revealed that Medicaid costs blew out by a staggering 60% during Joe Biden’s presidency. “Our ship is sinking.
Kenneth Marcus, who served as a top civil rights official in the George W. Bush and Trump administrations, lauded Biden for his rhetorical commitment to combating antisemitism, which he said was unprecedented. But he said the strategy fell short. Marcus said Biden failed to institute policies that would stem antisemitism.
Joe Biden’s imprint on the federal judiciary goes far beyond his naming of the first Black woman justice to the Supreme Court.
President Joe Biden, center, Vice President Kamala Harris, right, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, at the 60th inaugural ceremonies on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (photo: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post / Getty )
Signs of the times. John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden, both Catholic U.S. Presidents, marked distinct eras in American Catholicism, revealing deep cultural and political divides as the church grapples with its role in a polarized nation.
During an interview Friday on WLRN's South Florida Roundup, former Miami Congressman Joe Garcia commented on the recent developments surrounding the Biden Administration lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba.
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken elsewhere, as he welcomed an agreement the Vatican helped facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington and Havana that dates back to the Cuban missile crisis.
Cuba on Thursday released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from prison, as part of a government decision to gradually free more than 500 prisoners following talks with the Vatican ... days after U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced ...
Francis eventually defrocked McCarrick in 2019 following a Vatican investigation that determined ... It’s an honor that the Catholic President Joe Biden bestowed on Francis this past week ...
Former US President Joe Biden, a self-professed Catholic, has joined an African-American Masonic lodge as a 'Master Mason'. The Vatican takes a dim view of Freemasonry, and Catholics who join the fraternal order face excommunication. Biden was inducted ...
José Daniel Ferrer (born in Palmarito, Santiago de Cuba, 1970) was released from prison just a week ago, on January 16, following a deal between the Vatican and the regime led by Miguel Díaz-Canel. This coincided with former U.S. President Joe Biden's ...