The Biden campaign launched an effort to convince Catholic voters that Mr. Biden embodies their shared values.
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
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Joe Biden’s Catholic faith on display at Democratic convention’s final night
If Joe Biden wins in November, he will be just the second Catholic elected president.
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How Trump and Biden are courting Catholic voters
In recent years, Catholic voters, a once-reliable Democratic constituency, have been up for grabs.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
What can parents expect when Catholic schools reopen in the fall?
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in most states, school administrators are struggling to decide if classes can be held in person, if remote learning is here to stay for a while or if a hybrid of the two is needed.
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What does the Supreme Court ruling mean for L.G.B.T. employees at Catholic institutions?
It is up to individual Catholics to make the case to church leaders.
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Poll: Trump trails Biden among Catholic voters (but keeps his lead with white Catholics)
Broken down between white and Hispanic Catholics, the numbers show a stark divide.
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In an interview with EWTN, Trump hails ‘tremendous letter of support from the Catholic Church’
Few questions dealt directly with Catholicism, but host Raymond Arroyo did ask the president about a letter written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
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Are L.G.B.T. employees at Catholic institutions protected by the new SCOTUS ruling?
The short answer is: it is unlikely.
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President Trump tweeted about Archbishop Viganò. So, who is he?
The views put forth by Archbishop Viganò in his letter to the president are far outside the mainstream of U.S. and global Catholicism.
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Fordham’s Bryan Massingale: White Catholics need to sit with the discomfort of systemic racism
“Let it be agonizing, let it be overwhelming because frankly it’s agonizing for me, too. It’s overwhelming for me, too,” Father Bryan Massingale said.