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May 15, 2017

Bishop asks Catholics to consider sanctity of life in upcoming U.K. elections

In a pastoral letter released May 14, Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, England asked ten questions of Catholics as the U.K. faces an upcoming general election June 8.

PORTSMOUTH, England – An English bishop has asked the people of his diocese to remember the sanctity of human life at all stages as they prepare to vote in the upcoming general election.

Published in International
May 1, 2016

Catholic vote not as monolithic as it once was, but still important

A Maryknoll sister casts her vote at a polling station inside her religious community's auditorium in 2010 in Ossining, N.Y.

WASHINGTON – Is there a Catholic vote in the United States? Well, yes. Kind of. Voting patterns show Catholics vote much like the rest of America, with minor swings one way or the other, depending on the candidate and the state.

Published in International