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Biden’s communion denial highlights faith-politics conflict
- Oct 30, 2019
A Catholic priest’s denial of communion to Joe Biden in South Carolina on Sunday illustrates the fine line presidential candidates must walk as they talk about their faiths: balancing religious values with a campaign that asks them to choose a side in polarizing moral debates.
Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status
- Oct 14, 2019
Elizabeth Warren would not seek to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches or other religious entities that decline to perform same-sex marriages if she’s elected president, the Massachusetts Democrat’s campaign said.
Biden’s abortion shift tests the politics of his faith
- Sep 17, 2019
Catholic Democrats have often wrestled to reconcile their church’s teachings with their party’s politics. That tension has been especially acute when it comes to abortion.
A matter of faith: Democrats embrace religion in campaign
- Jul 8, 2019
While Republicans have been more inclined to weave faith into their rhetoric, particularly since the rise of the evangelical right in the 1980s, several current Democratic White House hopefuls are explicitly linking their views on policy to religious values.
Panel says however you slice it, faith matters in US politics
- Nov 21, 2018
During a discussion on Monday sponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life on “Faith and the Faithful in the Midterm Elections,” executive director John Carr said it would be a mistake to ignore the influence faith holds over voters when they head to the polls.
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