election 2020
Catholic bishops don’t support Trump’s lies. Is silence enough?
By Thomas Reese — June 12, 2023
(RNS) — The bishops have avoided being sucked into partisan politics at the cost of supporting democracy.
Trump evangelical advisers back voting challenges but stop short of alleging fraud
By Jack Jenkins — November 11, 2020
(RNS) — The Rev. Tony Suarez said he is 'realistic that Joe Biden may in fact be our next president' and said he hoped Biden would listen to evangelicals.
Joe Biden, president-elect at last, was shaped by a very American Catholic faith
By Jack Jenkins — November 7, 2020
(RNS) — The way he manages his allegiance to Catholicism gives a glimpse of how Biden will govern as he takes hold of an office he has sought since 1988.
Nearly 2,000 Catholic nuns sign letter demanding Trump ‘count the votes’
By Jack Jenkins — November 5, 2020
(RNS) — ‘It may be frustrating that we do not know immediately who won our 2020 Presidential election. Nonetheless, democracy is worth the hard work and the wait,’ said Sister Simone Campbell.
How Trump’s strong play for Hispanic evangelicals helped him stun Biden in Florida
By Jack Jenkins — November 4, 2020
(RNS) — ‘I think the Biden campaign is going to say, ‘We blew it: we took for granted the Latino vote and the evangelical vote,’’ said the Rev. Tony Suarez, vice president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.
Closed for months by COVID-19, church reopens to provide respite on Election Day
By Alejandra Molina — November 4, 2020
PASADENA, Calif. (RNS) — The leadership at All Saints, a church with a long history of progressive activism, decided that opening the building to the public and parishioners was ‘a way for them to be in community.’
7 religious voter trends to look for on Election Day
By Jack Jenkins — November 2, 2020
(RNS) — How and where faith-oriented voters could swing the vote.
Jaime Harrison’s pragmatic faith and record funding have lifted a liberal contender in South Carolina
By Jack Jenkins — October 30, 2020
(RNS) — Harrison has run on a spiritual brand of politics that may feel alien to many of the Democrats from outside South Carolina who have provide him with unprecedented funding.
Rabbis are training to protect the vote and quell postelection violence
By Jack Jenkins — October 29, 2020
(RNS) — ‘We’re very much hoping that all of the preparation is for naught, but we'd rather be prepared than not,’ said Rabbi Jill Jacobs.
Both candidates went to church this weekend. Their experiences were very different
By Jack Jenkins — October 19, 2020
(RNS) — The evangelical pastor dedicated much of his sermon to praising Trump. The priest didn't appear to mention Biden at all.
‘Faith Vote’ 20-minute ad aims to cement liberal believers for Biden
By Jack Jenkins — October 15, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Every moral issue is at stake in this election,’ Muslim civil rights advocate Linda Sarsour says in the ad.
Biden talks faith and poverty at Poor People’s Campaign event
By Jack Jenkins — September 15, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed the faith-based anti-poverty group at a virtual event on Monday evening (Sept. 14), telling its members, ‘I want to be part of your movement.’
Black church leaders demand apology for Trump ad
By Jack Jenkins — September 13, 2020
(RNS) — The Rev. Silvester S. Beaman of Bethel AME Church in Delaware said the digital spot portrays Black church leaders and their flocks as 'thuggish rule breakers.'
Trump campaign ad shows Biden kneeling in Black church to argue Americans ‘won’t be safe’
By Jack Jenkins — September 10, 2020
(RNS) — After showing Joe Biden kneeling in a Black church in front of a row of Black leaders, words appear on the screen reading ‘stop Joe Biden and his rioters.’
The problems with ‘Latter-day Saints for Trump’
By Jana Riess — August 31, 2020
What Mormons do in this election matters – not only politically, in swing states such as Arizona, but in terms of the church’s own reputation and even its missionary efforts.
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