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by bcadmin | Jan 9, 2022 | 2020 election, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congress, democracy, Donald Trump, Franciscan Action Network, Interfaith, News, terrorist attack, Vice President Mike Pence, Voting | 0 |
A Catholic organization and a cardinal urged other church members, people of various faiths and people of goodwill to weigh the consequences of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and fight for democracy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 2020 election, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Bishop Michael Olson, Church in the US, George Weigel, lead, News, Protests, Washington D.C. | 0 |
Now that the dust has started to settle after the protest-turned-riot at the Capitol Wednesday that left four dead, Catholics continue to condemn the violent acts that took place and look for answers on ways to bridge the divide in the United States.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 2020 election, 2020 presidential election, 2021 capitol riots, Donald Trump, Free Access, News, Opinion, Top Story | 0 |
Whatever one calls what happened on Wednesday, the spectacle of hundreds of thugs storming, vandalizing, and occupying the US Capitol, interrupting the national legislature’s acknowledgment of the electoral votes certified by each of the states in the fullness of their rightful sovereignty, surely appalled every true American—and filled us with an immense sadness—a horrible day for the Republic.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 7, 2021 | 2020 election, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, lead, News, News Analysis, Polarization, President Donald Trump, President-elect Joseph Biden, US Capitol | 0 |
Catholics are one-quarter of the national population, and when Catholicism in America moves with unity and purpose, the cultural landscape can shift.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 7, 2021 | 2020 election, 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump, Free Access, News, US bishops | 0 |
Catholic bishops strongly condemned pro-Donald Trump protesters’ incursion that penetrated the Capitol Building Wednesday as Congress debated the certification of the presidential election results, leading to the evacuation of lawmakers and the deadly shooting of one protester by law enforcement.
The post US Catholic bishops demand peace replace violence after protesters disrupt Capitol appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 7, 2021 | 2020 election, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Joe Biden, lead, News, President Trump, Protests, US Capitol, USCCB | 0 |
After hours of chaos in the nation’s capital Wednesday where President Donald Trump supporters descended upon and infiltrated the Capitol building in protest of the 2020 election, Catholic leaders across the country condemned the violence and called for peace.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 7, 2021 | 2020 election, 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump, News, US Capitol | 0 |
“Domestic terrorists,” “a mob,” “goons,” “thugs,” “seditionists,” were just some of the words used to describe the thousands who broke the windows, scrawled rude messages and flew their flags on Capitol Hill. But Senator Schumer noted, the only thing they accomplished was to delay their sacred duty, the counting of the Electoral College votes, by a few hours.
The post Congress Ratifies Biden Election after Day of Unrest appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020 election, Associated Press, Church in the US, faith and politics, News, Politics, President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden | 0 |
More than 2,000 faith leaders and religious activists are calling on members of Congress to honor the result of November’s election and avoid “a delayed and drawn out objection” this week when President-elect Joe Biden’s win is set to be certified.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | 2020 election, Church in the US, Coronavirus pandemic, Joe Biden, lead, McCarrick report, News, Theodore McCarrick, USCCB | 0 |
2020 in the United States, like the rest of the world, will always be synonymous with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s taken over 330,000 American lives to date, put millions out of work and single-handedly changed the way society lives and communicates.
That is, however, only one chapter in the story of the American Catholic Church in 2020.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 3, 2020 | 2020 election, Catholic Church, Catholic votes, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, faith and politics, Hispanic Catholics, Hispanics, lead, News | 0 |
It was clear through the 2020 election cycle that the Catholic vote wasn’t a monolith, what was surprising for some was that was also true for young and Latino Catholic voters that some pundits assumed would overwhelmingly support Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | 2020 election, Associated Press, Church in the US, faith and politics, Georgia, News, Susan B Anthony List, U.S. Senate | 0 |
As Georgia becomes the nation’s political hotspot this winter before twin runoff elections Jan. 5 that will determine control of the Senate, faith-based organizing is heating up.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2020 | 2020 election, Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Archbishop William E. Lori, Bishop Daniel Flores, Bishop Thomas Daly, Black Lives Matter, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Church, Donald J. Trump, Featured, Joe Biden, News, USCCB, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is a bloated, corrupt organization teeming with left-wing bureaucrats who don’t have the Church’s best interests at heart. Crisis Magazine has said so on several occasions. It remains our opinion that all Catholics—laymen, priests, and bishops—would be better off without it. That said, the USCCB’s committee elections at this […]
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