Loving God, I ask you to guide me during this important election season.
Election 2020
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Poll: Health care is key voter concern amid the pandemic and changing Supreme Court
Criminal justice, race relations and health care round out the list of top voter concerns, according to a September Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Democratic voters, according to the poll, place a higher emphasis on health as a voting issue than Republicans.
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Voting Catholic: Is health care a sacred human right?
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the American health care system. How can Catholics vote to ensure that no one is denied access to care?
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Voting Catholic: Do American Catholics have a responsibility to vote for policies that help immigrants?
One of the most fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church is to welcome immigrants and refugees. So why are Catholics in America split?
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Voting Catholic: How have Catholics voted in past elections?
A survey of the evolution of the Catholic vote from the election of JFK in 1960 to the election of Donald Trump.
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Discerning your vote in the 2020 election | A conversation with John Carr
How can Catholics decide who vote for in the 2020 election? John Carr, former USCCB staff member, joins America’s Michael O’Loughlin to discuss why he has decided to vote for Vice President Joe Biden.
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Joe Biden and faith leaders pray for Donald and Melania Trump
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.
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What vote will best protect the sanctity of life? Prudence must decide.
We are not contradicting Catholic doctrine in looking, with Pope Francis, to the full range of issues affected by our vote.
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Bishop Seitz: Single-issue voting has corrupted Christian political witness
Our vote is but one expression of this all-encompassing commitment to the common good and the project of building up solidarity.