The 16th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is dividing Catholics along partisan lines because it will honor President Trump’s attorney general a little more than a month before the November election.
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As federal fiscal year nears, refugee resettlement agencies fear the worst
Even as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees pleaded with countries to take in more of the 79.5 million displaced people worldwide, the Trump administration has consistently lowered the refugee cap each year.
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Head of Federal Election Commission calls separation of church and state a ‘fallacy’ and 2020 election a ‘spiritual war’
Trainor suggested the bishops avoid political matters because they, like many faith-based groups that offer social services, receive funds from the federal government. He described the arrangement as “almost a payoff” by the government.
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Why I can’t vote for Joe Biden: a response to John Carr
Not until the Democratic Party feels the pain of losing the Catholic vote will they reconsider their commitment to attacks on religious freedom, the defense of the natural family, support for Catholic schools and other Catholic priorities.
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Ask the Editor: Matt Malone, S.J., responds to your questions about ‘America’ and the 2020 election
Join the editor in chief of America magazine for a conversation in the comments section on Friday, Sept. 18, 1 to 2 p.m. ET, about the magazine’s coverage of this historic election.
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Catholics poised to decide whether Trump gets a second term
Even small shifts in the Catholic vote, which covers a lot of ground both geographically and ideologically, could make the difference in the presidential election, writes Robert David Sullivan.
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President Trump kept his promises. That’s why, as a Catholic, I want four more years.
As a Catholic who embraces the church’s teaching on the innate value of every human life, the importance of public order and the need for mercy to temper justice, I am very comfortable supporting the reelection of our president.
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I helped write the bishops’ first document on Catholics and voting. Here’s why I’m voting Biden, not Trump.
John Carr explains how, applying the principles of “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” he decided to vote for Biden and against Trump in the 2020 election.
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America magazine: Donald Trump is a unique threat to the Constitution
President Trump has undermined the constitutional order to a degree unprecedented in modern U.S. history, which prompts the editors of this review to register this unprecedented warning.
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Court sides with Trump on right to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants
The court said the president was within his rights to revoke Temporary Protected Status from Salvadoran immigrants. The ruling also is expected to affect TPS holders from Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan and Nepal.