Reality is messier than than fiction that reduces historical figures like Hillary Clinton to the sum of her most oversimplified virtues and vices.
Hillary Clinton
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How did she lose? Bob Shrum on Hillary Clinton and the 2016 election
This is a real book, written by a real person, suffused with the raw wounds of her defeat.
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Here’s what Hillary Clinton says about Pope Francis and other Catholic subjects in her new book
Mrs. Clinton writes that a TED Talk given by Pope Francis earlier this year helped her move beyond anger following her unexpected loss to Donald Trump.
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An open letter to Trump voters from a concerned Catholic priest
I have read about you in the papers and seen you on television. But the reality is I still do not understand you.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
My family disagrees about Donald Trump—but that won’t divide us.
By the time I talked to my parents about the election of Donald J. Trump, thousands of strangers had already read what I wanted to say.
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America readers say that poverty and the environment deserved more attention in presidential race
Poll respondents cite Pope Francis on global warming and also call for a broad right-to-life agenda.
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A prayer for the morning after the election
On Wednesday, Nov. 9, what kind of country will we be?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
On the U.S.-Mexico border, Catholics get out the vote
“Hispanics in this area have not always felt that their voices have been recognized or heard…the push is, if we don’t vote, we will remain invisible.”
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What happens after the elections? Catholics can help heal the nation.
This is the “‘unfriend me now’ election,” said Melinda Henneberger, a longtime political columnist.
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Catholics help Clinton maintain lead in new poll
Clinton is supported by 51 percent of Catholic. Trump polled at just 40 percent.