Catholics are a good weathervane for how the country will vote: If you win Catholics, you likely win the country.
US Politics
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Only 13% of Americans see President Biden as ‘very religious’
The number was even smaller for former President Donald Trump, with just 4% of respondents seeing Trump, a non-denominational Christian, as “very religious.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Mexico’s first woman president will face border, crime and climate challenges
López Obrador says he plans to go quietly into political retirement, but AMLO playing Benedict to Claudia Sheinbaum’s Francis will be just one of the incoming Mexican president’s major challenges.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
What Catholic anti-hunger advocates have to say about the 2024 Farm Bill
The current Farm Bill, at $1.5 trillion, represents the largest spending package in U.S. agricultural policy history; 80 percent of the spending is directed to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Experts: Trump’s felony conviction is historic, with potential ramifications for US
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.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump’s 34 felony convictions won’t make him more popular. That might not matter for the election.
The reality is that voters don’t have to like Mr. Trump, or think he’s a martyr of our legal system, in order to vote for him.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Pope Francis bashed conservatives on ‘60 minutes’—or did he?
Pope Francis’ comments are clearly far more nuanced than many initial reactions suggested.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
With arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, the I.C.C. breaks new ground and draws criticism
While Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant do not face imminent arrest, the announcement has been perceived as a symbolic blow that deepens Israel’s international isolation because of its conduct of the war in Gaza.
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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.
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3 U.S. bishops discuss turning down the heat in our polarized church and country
Cardinal Robert McElroy, Bishop Robert Barron and Bishop Daniel Flores joined moderator Gloria Purvis for a roundtable discussion on the rise of polarization in the church.