Top Vatican official hopes Trump will promote peace, national unity November 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican secretary of state said his prayer for Donald J. Trump is that God would grant him wisdom “because that is the main virtue of those who govern according to the Bible.”
Voters reject states’ recreational marijuana, psychedelic drug legalization efforts November 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News 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. bishops’ conference president calls for prayer, unity following the 2024 election November 6, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Bishops, Feature, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for prayer and unity, following the nation’s general election that saw Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump defeat Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris to win another term as president.
West Virginia assisted suicide ban leads by narrow margin as vote count continues November 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News West Virginians appeared on track to approve a constitutional amendment to ban medically assisted suicide and euthanasia in their state, with the ballot measure leading by just several thousand votes as the counting of votes from Election Day Nov. 5 continued into the following morning.
Catholic leaders call passage of abortion amendment ‘painful moment in Maryland history’ November 6, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, News Despite a campaign by Maryland’s Catholic bishops against an amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the Maryland Constitution, voters overwhelmingly passed Question 1 in the Nov. 5 general election.
Trump is reelected to White House, becoming only second US president to win second, nonconsecutive term November 6, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Former President Donald Trump was elected to a second term in the Oval Office four years after he lost his run for a second consecutive term, according to multiple projections.
Voters in 3 states reject abortion ballot measures, defying trend around country November 6, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota Nov. 5 rejected amendments to their state constitutions that would have codified abortion as a right, while other states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Missouri, did vote to codify such a right in their constitutions, on Election Day. Nebraska’s 12-week abortion ban will […]
Across the U.S., Catholics seek out prayer before — and after — voting at the polls November 5, 2024By Gina Christian Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News 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.
Can voter lobbying groups use ‘Catholic’ in their names? Bishops may have to decide November 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News The appropriation of the word “Catholic” may exploit what one canon law scholar described to OSV News as a “blind spot” in canon law, the Catholic Church’s principal legislative code.
Experts worry Trump’s mass deportation plan could damage economy like Great Recession November 5, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Just ahead of Election Day, immigration and the economy were still ranked in the top three of U.S. registered voters’ concerns.
Beyond Election Day: Faithful citizenship happens ‘brick by brick’ at local level, says Catholic policy expert November 4, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News Ahead of the general election, OSV News spoke with Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, on the importance of local as well as presidential elections.
What matters most November 4, 2024By Scott P. Richert OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary Across the political spectrum, friendships end, coworkers’ relationships are tested and family members become estranged because we have lost sight of the fact that, no matter how important this or that election may seem, Christ has called us to love our neighbor as ourselves.
