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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning before the inauguration.

Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean

President Biden is only the nation's second Catholic president, but his position on abortion rights is at odds with the church.

A volunteer, part of a group that staged a redlining public art project in La Jolla, marks with red washable paint on Sept. 10, 2020, the areas once labeled as “servants quarters” where the so-called “serving class” lived.

Redlining History Brought To Life In La Jolla And Kensington

With washable red spray paint in hand, organizations working to improve the lives of people living in poverty set out to draw red lines in La Jolla and Kensington, to call attention to San Diego’s legacy of residential redlining.

Virginia's Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, pictured on the campaign trail, speaks with now Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears after a rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 30, 2021. Youngkin and Sears, both Republicans, won election on Nov. 2, and will be sworn into office Jan. 15, 2022.

Virginia's first Black woman lieutenant governor says we need to move on from slavery

Winsome Sears, a Republican, will be sworn into office Saturday in Virginia alongside Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin. Sears ran, in part, on the idea that the country's racial reckoning has gone too far.

Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in April. The Vatican says it signed a "provisional agreement" with China on the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on an issue that for decades fueled tensions between the Holy See and Beijing.

China And Vatican Sign Agreement On Appointment Of Bishops

The "provisional" deal — signed in Beijing by deputy foreign ministers on both sides — gives the Holy See a say in naming of bishops, and grants the pope veto power over candidates.

Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness Hinges On 2 Numbers: $10,000 Vs. $50,000

The Biden administration is trying to figure out how much student debt to forgive and how to go about doing it — through executive action or legislation.

In this 2019 file photo, Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory poses for a portrait following mass at St. Augustine Church in Washington. Pope Francis has named Gregory among 13 new cardinals.

Pope Francis Names America's First Black Cardinal

Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., is among 13 church leaders who will be elevated to cardinal at a ceremony at the Vatican next month.

Faith groups are deeply split over the Equality Act. Evangelicals, Catholics, Latter-day Saints and Orthodox Jews say it limits religious freedom. Mainline Protestants and other progressive faith groups support it.

Some Faith Leaders Call Equality Act Devastating; For Others, It's God's Will

Some religious groups fear the Equality Act could undermine the freedom to exercise traditional faith beliefs. Other denominations say anti-LGBTQ discrimination cannot be tolerated.

Some Faith Leaders Call Equality Act Devastating; For Others, It's God's Will

Some religious groups fear the Equality Act could undermine the freedom to exercise traditional faith beliefs. Other denominations say anti-LGBTQ discrimination cannot be tolerated.

Robson Green as DI Geordie Keating and Tom Brittney as Reverend Will Davenport

GRANTCHESTER On MASTERPIECE: Season 6 (Season Finale this weekend!)

Premieres Sundays, Oct. 3 - Nov. 21, 2021 from 9 - 10 p.m on KPBS TV / On Demand. With trouble brewing in Grantchester, it’s going to take all of Will’s skill and empathy to navigate these choppy waters and help the ones he loves.

A poll worker in Sun Prairie, Wis., is seen during the state's April 7 primary. A record number of Wisconsin voters are expected to vote by mail this fall, but polls indicate Republicans are far more likely to vote in person, which has some GOP officials worried it could hurt the party's chances.

Some In GOP Fear Trump's Push Against Mail-In Voting Could Harm The Party's Chances

Trump's supporters don't trust voting by mail, said one local Wisconsin GOP chair. "And one of the reasons they don't trust it," he said, "is the president's previous tweets and comments about it."

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