Tag: Catholic
It was an appropriately spiritual beginning to a faith-infused day and what is shaping up to be an unapologetically religious presidential term for Biden...
For President Joe Biden, an Inauguration filled with faith
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2021 (RNS) — President Joe Biden began Inauguration Day the same way he did Election Day and most Sundays in between: he went toRead More
“This is a result of the lies that have been spread about President Trump and many of his supporters”...
Catholic leaders, progressive and conservative, condemn the violence at the Capitol
By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY, Jan. 7, 2021 (RNS) — Progressive and conservative Catholic leaders condemned the storming of the Capitol, calling the mob’s actions Wednesday (Jan. 6) “sinful” andRead More
Biden’s rhetoric took a turn for the spiritual near the close of his speech...
Biden laces Electoral College victory speech with Scripture and Prayer of St. Francis
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2020 (RNS) — President-elect Joe Biden marked his Electoral College win with a religious flair, citing Scripture and the Prayer of St. Francis duringRead More
Long a staple of Catholic life, the rosary is back in the spotlight with the election of Joe Biden...
Like Joe Biden, many Catholics find the rosary to be a comfort and anchor in crisis
by: Bob Smietana Nov 23, 2020 (RNS) — After a series of health crises and the loss of her father, religion professor Arlene Sanchez-Walsh found herself in need of prayer. SoRead More
An Irish Catholic educated by nuns in parochial schools...
Joe Biden, president-elect at last, was shaped by a very American Catholic faith
by: Jack Jenkins A version of this article originally ran in August 2020. It has been updated to reflect that Biden is now the president-elect. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. 2020 (RNS)Read More
Creyentes con Biden is a subgroup of the Believers for Biden initiative led by Josh Dickson...
Biden pins his argument to Latino believers on Trump’s moral
by: Alejandra Molina Sept. 24, 2020 (RNS) — To Andrés Chong-Qui Torres, growing up in an evangelical Pentecostal household and studying at a Jesuit prep school led him to notRead More