In recent years, Catholic voters, a once-reliable Democratic constituency, have been up for grabs.

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in most states, school administrators are struggling to decide if classes can be held in person, if remote learning is here to stay for a while or if a hybrid of the two is needed.

It is up to individual Catholics to make the case to church leaders.

Broken down between white and Hispanic Catholics, the numbers show a stark divide.

Few questions dealt directly with Catholicism, but host Raymond Arroyo did ask the president about a letter written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.

The short answer is: it is unlikely.

The views put forth by Archbishop Viganò in his letter to the president are far outside the mainstream of U.S. and global Catholicism.

“Let it be agonizing, let it be overwhelming because frankly it’s agonizing for me, too. It’s overwhelming for me, too,” Father Bryan Massingale said.

A new P.R.R.I. poll suggests that President Trump is losing ground among white Catholics faster than among other major religious groups, reports Michael J. O’Loughlin.

“Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the bishops for their pastoral tone in the church’s response to the demonstrations across the country in their statements and actions since the death of George Floyd.”