Clinton is supported by 51 percent of Catholic. Trump polled at just 40 percent.
Election 2016
Posted inPolitics & Society
Pope Francis to Donald Trump, in just one year. How did we get here?
Today the pulse of American spiritual life is shifting. There is not just one pulse.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic women call for expanded notion of “family values.”
The statement was signed by more than 70 women active in various Catholic ministries.
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Clinton, Trump trade jokes at Al Smith Catholic fundraiser in New York
The candidates tried their best to inject some humor into the final stretch of a particularly rancorous campaign.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
The man behind the dinner: Alfred E. Smith
Smith was a man who believed that faith in God was not incompatible with faith in the people.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Election 2016: What would Alexander Hamilton do?
Hamilton was a New Yorker, a lawyer like Hillary Clinton and a business investor like Donald Trump.
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How demographics explain both Donald Trump’s rise and why he’ll (probably) lose
While Democratic presidential nominees have become almost invincible among the highly educated urbanites, Republicans have increased their margins among white voters in more rural areas.
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Political discourse on women and people of faith must change, says U.S.C.C.B. President Archbishop Kurtz
Politicians, their staffs and volunteers should reflect our best aspirations as citizens,” he said.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump campaign pounces on Clinton advisor’s hacked email about Catholic conservatives
“She did a big number on Catholics, a horrible number on Catholics…through her people,” Mr. Trump said.
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With abortion sidelined this election, some Catholics are turning to other life issues
Some Catholics have turned their sights to other issues—euthanasia, death penalty—that are part of the church’s pro-life agenda.