As news of President Trump’s positive COVID-19 test spread, prayers began flowing for his recovery and for the recovery of First Lady Melania Trump.
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Jeannie Gaffigan: My loved ones told me ‘real’ Catholics vote for Trump. Here’s my response.
Here is my confession: I am a real Catholic, and I am not going to vote for Donald J. Trump.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump and Biden get evites as Al Smith Dinner goes virtual
Trump has accepted an invitation to return to the dinner for the first time in four years. Organizers said they anticipate his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, will attend as well.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Amy Coney Barrett’s religion is important—but irrelevant
To argue that a person’s religious beliefs are not or should not be influential in how they approach judicial questions shows an ignorance of history and politics.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy has thousands of asylum seekers still stuck at the border
“Asylum on the border is pretty much impossible,” a legal advocate with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, said. “Covid is being used as an excuse to close the border.”
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Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court nominee
The president described Barrett as “one of the nation’s most gifted legal minds” to the court and praised her for her loyalty to the Constitution.
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Trump expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic Notre Dame grad, to Supreme Court
Republicans were expecting President Donald Trump to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Abortion is the real reason the Supreme Court is broken.
This nomination battle will be as contentious as any in history because it is the final payoff of the gamble large parts of the pro-life movement made in supporting Mr. Trump.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Four reasons a Democratic administration would mean more abortions
Voting for a pro-life president is not only about Supreme Court nominations, writes Richard M. Doerflinger. State laws restricting abortion, conscience protections and the ban on federal funding of abortion are also at stake.
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Donald Trump promises executive action on abortion during National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
President Trump promised Wednesday to sign an executive order that would require health care providers to provide medical care to all babies born alive as he makes an election-year push to appeal to voters who oppose abortion.