Presidential politics Archives

Historians assess the promise and paradox of JFK at his centenary
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- April 30, 2017
Presidential historian, Patrick Maney, said Kennedy became the first “celebrity president,” being the son of a millionaire and being a World War II hero with his rescue of his Navy crewmen of the stricken PT 109, not to mention his quick ascendancy in Congress and his marriage to socialite Jacqueline Bouvier.
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A Catholic take on the Trump v. Clinton ‘Great Debate’
- Church in the US, Commentary
- September 27, 2016
The most depressing thing about Monday’s Jerry Springer-esque showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was that neither candidate gave any indication that they have ever studied, or even reflected, on the implications of Christian values for their policy choices.
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Addressing voter anger key to November, Georgetown panel says
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- September 26, 2016
Underlying anger and deep-seated distrust of government — and the major party candidates — are at the root of one of the most tumultuous presidential campaigns in memory, one in which many Americans will either vote against rather than for someone, or just not vote at all.
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Can Mother Teresa help Clinton on adoption v. abortion again?

Mother Teresa and Hillary Clinton forged an improbable partnership in the 1990s over a home for children in Washington, D.C., based on the idea that adoption is a better alternative than abortion, and perhaps the Church’s newest saint can push Clinton again on abortion in 2016.

Handicapping the ever-powerful ‘religious vote’ in 2016

Although the “religious vote” in American politics is enormously important, it’s not monolithic. Catholics tend to be the best bellwether for how the overall vote will go, although that’s mostly a function of math, and the South is likely to be where the most intense battles will be fought.

Brooklyn Catholic bishop takes indirect swipe at Trump

NEW YORK — The bishop of Brooklyn, one of the largest and most diverse dioceses in the U.S., is defending immigrants in a powerful essay that — without mentioning names — seems to take aim at Donald Trump and his supporters by ripping the “racist and xenophobic tendencies” in society