Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury for falsifying business records related to hush money payments during the 2016 campaign, marking the first criminal conviction of a former president and sparking varied reactions from political and legal experts.
Election 2024
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Can’t stand your neighbor’s politics? Pray for them anyway.
Your enemies are children of God—and that includes the presidential candidate you can’t stand and his supporters.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
How poll workers are defending democracy
WIthout free and fair elections because we cannot effectively address any of the issues mentioned in “Faithful Citizenship,” from protecting the unborn to creating a more just economy.
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2024 election advice: Pray for your political enemies.
Do the divisions of politics occupy our focus more than the unity of Christ’s kingdom? This would be a great tragedy for all those who hear and make their own Christ’s desire that all be one.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Joe Biden’s energetic State of the Union: 6 Catholic takeaways
The words ‘abortion’ or ‘Trump’ weren’t mentioned—but both loomed large.
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Archbishop García-Siller: Catholics voting in the 2024 election must ask, ‘Who is my neighbor?’
Christians are not a social club that gathers on Sundays to receive nice-sounding catchphrases. We are to influence the heart of society.
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Catholics are politically divided about the 2024 election. That’s an opportunity for the church.
The Catholic partisan divide provides an opportunity for the church to model proper civic behavior.
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The defeats of DeSantis and Haley raise the question: Has Trump always been ‘inevitable’?
When applied to political leaders, the language of “inevitability” and “invincibility” is profoundly dangerous. It also violates the teaching of the the Gospel that God has given us free will.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Can Donald Trump be banned from the ballot? 5 questions for the Supreme Court.
Colorado and Maine have forced the U.S. Supreme Court to make a quick decision on whether Donald J. Trump can be removed from the ballot for having encouraged an ”insurrection.”
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Trump, the ‘religious right’ and white Christian nationalism
With an important election coming in 2024, white Christian nationalism is emerging as a serious threat to our democracy.