The U.S. Constitution forbids a religious test for public office, but it is silent on office seekers’ appeals to religion and religious interests. And that is probably just as well, since religion seems destined to play — indeed, is already playing —
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about Kellyanne Conway, who recently announced her resignation as a counselor to the Trump administration. She wants to spend more time with her family. Lopez reminds us that Conway is a person, with goodness and history and hopes
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan thanked God for living in a country that respects religious freedom and prayed for people battling COVID-19 and those caring for them, the unborn, the elderly, immigrants and refugees during the opening evening of the Republican
As conversations heat up with the upcoming election, Bill Dodds offers some practical advice when we “hate the political position, love the person who holds it.” His four pointers include the following: to love your neighbor (enemy) as you love yourself; transmit
Over the next two weeks, the two major political parties in the United States will present their competing visions for America in national conventions that will largely be held virtually because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. And with the Democratic National Convention
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the religious affiliation of the nominees for president and vice president and their position on issues across the board and wonders: Do their churches matter? He writes: “Their views and past experiences are quite different, but taken
In a new essay, contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that Joe Biden’s selection of California senator Kamala Harris will likely put the issue of abortion near front and center of the upcoming election. With Harris on the ticket, now both Democratic hopefuls
Joe Biden's choice of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, as his vice presidential running mate elicited broad smiles from key black Catholics. Others, though, started criticizing her record nearly as soon as the pick was publicized Aug. 11. "This is headline news. It's
A poll released by the Cato Institute toward the end of July found that 62 percent of Americans have political views that they are afraid to share because others might find them offensive. That’s nearly two thirds of our population that is
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Pauline Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble writes that she “learned more about racism in my time as a punk rock atheist than I ever did as a Catholic.” She writes that, like her, “many young people