Speaker says Biden’s ‘powerful narrative as person of faith’ appealed to voters

As election returns became more clear after 3rd November, polling data indicated President Donald Trump ended up with about 50 per cent of the Catholic vote, but the margin of white Catholics backing him was significantly less than four years ago. This, according to Associated Press/Votecast data, cost Trump Wisconsin and Michigan, where he’d eked out one per... Read More

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October 2, 2020

Catholic voters urged to consult Church’s social teaching for guidance on issues

As early voting begins in some states for the forthcoming presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori is urging his parishioners to be guided by the principles of Catholic social teaching as they complete their ballots. ‘Casting our votes is not only a privilege but also a solemn duty and responsibility,’ Archbishop Lori wrote in... Read More

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September 8, 2020

Bishops to voters: Find candidates who can free Central African Republic

Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic warned most of their country is in the hands of armed bands and ‘ferocious mercenaries’ and urged voters to find candidates who can free it ‘from oppression, misery and ignorance’ in forthcoming elections. ‘God always saves, delivering the oppressed, liberating humanity and combating evil in all its forms,’... Read More

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February 21, 2020

Poll shows majority of Sinn Fein and DUP voters reject Conservative Government’s proposed abortion framework for Northern Ireland

A new poll organised by the University of Liverpool and Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council has shown that 58 per cent of Sinn Fein voters and 54 per cent of DUP voters want their country’s new abortion framework to only allow abortions when the mother’s life is at risk. This is a clear rejection... Read More

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December 4, 2019

Lord Alton calls on voters to put conscience before party dogma

Voters should insist that denying the right to life should equally deny a candidate the right to your vote, a Catholic crossbench peer has said. Lord David Alton of Liverpool warned political parties and their candidates that they “gravely underestimate millions of the quiet people of Britain” when they assume that no-one reads the small... Read More

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February 27, 2017

Northern Ireland voters warned threat to the lives of unborn babies has never been greater

Voters are being warned that the threat to Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws has never been greater as they prepare to go to the polls this Thursday. And they are being urged to think carefully before they cast their ballots. The message has been hammered home at a series of events organised by the Society... Read More

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