CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2021 CNA.- President Joe Biden’s statement backing legal abortion on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade drew swift reaction from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose pro-life chairman said the no president of the United States should ever defend denying the right to life of unborn children.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When they vote, Catholics must weigh many issues of very grave moral consequence "in good conscience," but "no Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion," San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Jan. 21.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) -- Over 40 top professionals from multiple fields came together for a virtual conference in mid-January to discuss how to live together in unity and promote the common good. The Jan. 12-14 conference hosted at the University of Notre Dame had been planned for months, but its theme -- "We Belong to Each Other," based on the words of St. Teresa of Kolkata -- became even more timely after the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol.