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Election Day

Inside the Capitol

Faithful citizenship beyond Election Day

Election Day has passed, and leaders have been chosen at every level of government. So, what happens next? This is when the real work begins.
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Voters deal blow to recreational marijuana, psychedelic drug legalization efforts

A bid to legalize recreational marijuana fell short in Florida, while North Dakota and South Dakota have rejected doing so, according to general election projections.
U.S. & World News

Across the US, Catholics seek out prayer before — and after — voting at the polls

On Election Day, Catholic faithful across the nation are turning to prayer before -- and after -- heading to the polls Nov. 5, with many parishes and dioceses offering Holy Hours.
Featured

Immigration, mass deportation plan loom large for Catholics in 2024 election

It's one of the most divisive issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election: immigration.
U.S. & World News

Catholics face competing economic visions with wide-ranging impact on Election Day

In the final days of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, it's a question on the minds of many a political pundit: Will Americans find themselves fixated on the economy, and how will they vote with their wallets and pocketbooks between now and Election Day, Nov. 5?
Twenty Something

Of mice and men: a saint for our times

“Synchronicity.” That’s the word one journalist used in a Nov. 3 Instagram post to describe the fact that Election Day fell on the feast day of St. Martin de Porres, the patron saint of social justice.
U.S. & World News

Archbishop Etienne, religious groups urge unity, peace at polls and afterward

As election polls opened Nov. 3, church leaders joined leading faith-based organizations in calling for unity and peace throughout Election Day and afterward as voting results are known.
U.S. & World News

USCCB offers ‘Election Novena’ as way to prepare for Nov. 3, pray for nation

As it did in 2016, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging people of faith to take part in an election novena beginning Oct. 26 and ending Nov. 3, Election Day.
U.S. & World News

Bishop Zubik tells Pittsburgh Catholics he cannot tell them how to vote

Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh told Catholics in the diocese in a preelection message that he cannot tell them whom to vote for on Election Day.
U.S. & World News

Poverty solutions almost absent as a presidential campaign issue

America has 46.7 million people living in poverty, but there's been little talk on the presidential campaign trail about the needs of poor people.
Editorials

Beyond the voting booth: Setting the public policy tone

Call to responsible citizenship doesn’t end when the polls close
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