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Joe Biden supporters face off with a President Donald Trump supporter outside a polling site in Houston Nov. 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Cecilia González-Andrieu
This election is is forcing us to “sacar los trapos sucios,” bring out our dirty laundry.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service
“We took vows as Catholic Sisters, and you took a vow to uphold the Constitution,” the letter to Trump reads. “Stay true to your vow. Count the votes.”
Politics & SocietyExplainer
James T. KeaneRobert David Sullivan
There is nothing unprecedented in recent decades about close presidential elections—in fact, they’re almost always close these days—and there is also nothing new in a delay in finding out the winner.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jason Blakely
The popular “scientific” discourse around election forecasting has once again proven disappointingly misguided, at best, and fraudulent, at worst. Our democracy deserves better.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jessica Gresko—Associated Press
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents.
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
Whatever comes next may be ugly. We all know this. But for reasons I can hardly explain, I felt buoyed up the morning after the election.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
We are the ones who have been left behind. We suffer a loss; our loved ones do not.
The Latinos for Trump Coalition welcomes President Trump on Sept. 14 at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
Some Democrats were shocked that President Trump got one-third of the Latino vote. But J.D. Long-García writes that the Latino vote has never been monolithic and probably never will be.
FaithFaith in Focus
Zac Davis
The only reaction that matters right now for most of us is spiritual. We need patience. We need to let the votes be counted.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
As Covid-19-related deaths in Italy reached their highest daily level since early May, the Vatican decided it will once again close its museums to the public.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Bishops who want to establish a religious order in their dioceses must first obtain the written permission of the Holy See.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
The abortion-related measures were among 120 proposed state laws and constitutional amendments on the ballot in 32 states.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss what advantages and disadvantages each candidate offers in the eyes of the Holy See.
Politics & SocietyYour Take
Our readers
Long lines, short lines, early voting or absentee? We want to hear about it.
FaithFaith in Focus
James T. Keane
Got election anxiety? There’s a patron saint for that.
FaithFaith and Reason
Sergio Lopez
What role does religion have to play for a leader facing his darkest hours? In the midst of civil war, in the valley of despair, Abraham Lincoln grappled with this question.
Joshua Caleb Johnson and Ethan Hawke in “The Good Lord Bird” on Showtime. (CNS photo/William Gray, Showtime)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
‘The Good Lord Bird’ runs straight to the heart of America’s most toxic contradictions.
Arts & CultureBooks
Jessica Hooten Wilson
Tolkien's fiction reminds us that power cannot be controlled; it enslaves you. To act freely is to acknowledge your limits, to see the journey as a long road that includes dozens of future elections, and to fight against the temptation for power.
Politics & SocietyNews
Associated Press
How both candidates and voters are spending Election Day.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
America Staff
Stories if you're anxious, undecided, curious and more. And, if you haven’t already, go vote!