As Americans prepare for the November elections, some Catholic groups are circulating checklists designed to help voters discern their choices at the ballot box.
Catholic groups share guides for bringing faith to the ballot box this November
Germany’s Synodal Path continues to draw attention in Rome
With the bishops’ vote, Kreuter-Kirchhof said, “the whole Synodal Path came close to a failure,” not primarily because only 61% of the bishops approved it, but because most of the bishops who voted against it “never disclosed their concerns at any point prior to the vote.”
Faith leaders urge senators to confirm Judge Jackson to Supreme Court
The hourlong gathering — a combination rally and prayer service — primarily involved faith leaders speaking of their admiration for the judge interspersed with prayers for her and encouraging the small crowd to join in “KBJ” cheers.
Getting a health care bill through Congress fraught with difficulties
When the vice president has to cast a vote to break a tie in the Senate on whether to debate U.S. health care policy, let alone revise it — as Mike Pence did July 25 — it is obvious that passing legislation to repeal, and/or replace, and/or reform the Affordable Care Act is going to be a heavy lift in Congress.