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USCCB welcomes Fratelli Tutti, acknowledging the call of Pope Francis to form conscience for voting
“In analyzing conditions in the world today, the Holy Father provides us with a powerful and urgent vision for the moral renewal of politics and political and economic institutions from the local level to the global level, calling us to build a common future that truly serves the good of…
5 faith facts on Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
Vice President Mike Pence has described himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.” That has made Pence pretty popular with conservative evangelical Christians — not just as vice president, but also as a U.S. congressman and governor of Indiana before that. But his time in the…
AUSCP’s Bernie Survil reflects on the Catholic agenda for the Supreme Court
“We hear a great deal about the Catholic Church’s agenda to overturn Roe v. Wade, with Judge Amy Coney Barrett as our latest agent to achieve it. . . . In reality, we will be thrilled when the Supreme Court upholds laws that care for people across the whole spectrum…
Annual Appeal Launched!
Each year in October the AUSCP begins its Annual Appeal, October 11, to coincide with the feastday of Pope St. John XXIII and the opening date of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. The Annual Appeal is the main source of income for the AUSCP! Last year 480 donors gave a total of…
Harris-Pence debate: A view from a Catholic writer
Pence played to GOP base; Harris went for the center in VP debate. READ MORE from Michael Sean Winters in NCR
Top 3 faith moments in the Harris-Pence vice presidential debate
(RNS) — When the two major party vice presidential candidates — a Black Baptist with Hindu heritage and a white, “born again evangelical Catholic” — faced off on Wednesday night (Oct. 7), they largely talked past one another (and their moderator). But among their prepared arguments, Vice President Mike Pence and Sen.…