Catholicism appears poised to play a decisive role in the presidential race — and perhaps the next presidency. Both campaigns seem sensitive to its electoral importance, with Democrats worrying that ...

JD Vance converted to Catholicism and five years later the Republican Party coronated him as its choice for vice president, a culmination of the deepening affinity between conservatives in the church ...

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The new American pope, Leo XIV, has ...

(RNS) — Most Catholics don’t want politics to divide their parishes, but the wise pastor will prepare for the worst. (RNS) — Few parishioners want to see their parishes turned into partisan ...

The appreciations for our second Catholic president show much nostalgia for the brand of Catholicism he represents, and despair or (at least concern) for what comes next. This is natural enough.

Catholics are a significant portion of the population in a handful of battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Arizona, with experts weighing in that Vice President Kamala Harris' history of ...

Catholic voters across the country swung massively towards former President Trump in the 2024 election, contributing to his surprise blowout victory on election night. Catholics were evenly split ...

Top Catholic officials in multiple dioceses say they have no association with right-wing political mailers disguised as religious newspapers that are landing in residents' mailboxes. The fake ...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated CatholicVote president Brian Burch to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social Friday, praising Burch ...

In a speech this week, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, America’s second Catholic vice president, laid out a distinctly ...

(RNS) — Labor Day is approaching, and just a few days later I will begin teaching my fall classes. Like every fall semester, the largest class I’ll teach will be on Catholic social teaching. This ...