Dr. Ronald E. Smith on how to interpret Pope Francis' recent voting guidance for Catholics in the United States.
Iowa City Catholics are divided on who they will vote for in the presidential election after Pope Francis told U.S. Catholics to vote for “the lesser of two evils.” He condemned both presidential ...
given Pope Francis framed the presidential election in those terms last month. “One must choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser of two evils? That lady or that gentleman? I don’t know.
Deep in the NCR poll is a set of findings that should distress Pope Francis and the Catholic hierarchy more than either candidate’s camp. Citing Francis’s “lesser of two evils” statement ...
The meeting of the USCCB will be the first chance for the bishops to talk and plan after the October synod of bishops and the ...
U.S. Catholic bishops mostly have tempered their remarks about the presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald ...
Jews, Muslims, Catholics and other faiths may be more fractured than usual in the 2024 election. Here's what the numbers say.
The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...
Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at the Laurentino cemetery, on Rome’s southern outskirts. Ahead of the Mass, he stopped for a silent prayer at the graves of children who were never born, an ...
I HAVE YET TO SEE a single Catholic priest come out in open antagonism toward voting in the coming election. All the priests ...
Pope Francis' cryptic advice on 2024 election ... Francis advised voters to choose the "lesser of two evils." But even the pontiff seemed perplexed about that decision. "Who is the lesser of ...