Last week, President Joe Biden, our country’s second Catholic president, sent the letter below to Sister Simone Campbell as she prepared to step down as Executive Director of NETWORK Lobby.

In it he wrote, “As Catholics we are called to serve rather than be served, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers. You exemplify these tenets of our faith and I am so grateful for the passion you bring to everything you do. Your support and friendship mean the world. God bless you.”

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