faith and politics Archives

Looking at Elizabeth Warren’s child care plan through a pro-life lens

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 28, 2019

In February, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, a leading Democratic presidential aspirant, made a splash when she unveiled one of her many plans, this one on universal child care.

Gregory: Offensive speech, actions a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Interviews
Aug 1, 2019

Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said recent public comments by President Donald Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated “have deepened divisions and diminished our national life.”

A matter of faith: Democrats embrace religion in campaign

Associated Press, Church in the US
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.

USCCB’s election year document to be supplemented by letter, videos

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 12, 2019

The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document that provides guidance to voters on Catholic social teaching during a presidential election year won’t change for 2020 but will be supplemented by a brief letter and four 90-second videos that reflect the teaching of Pope Francis.

Former Bush official discusses saving politics after Trump

Interviews
Jun 12, 2019

Peter Wehner is senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, former senior White House aide for President George W. Bush. He has written a new book called “The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump”.

For candidates and voters, faith plays part in 2020 presidential election

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 1, 2019

“Politics for some is the new religion,” said John Carr, director of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, which sponsored the May 22 discussion 530 days prior to the presidential election.