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Catholics voted for Obama 54 to 45%, with non-Hispanic white Catholics favoring McCain 52 to 47% and Latino Catholic favoring Obama 72 – 26%. Exit polls have shown a progressive drop in non-Hispanic white Catholics over each of the last four elections as a percentage of those who voted, though the overall percentage of Catholics among voters ...
The ambassador of the United States to the Holy See is the official representative of the United States of America to the Holy See, the leadership of the Catholic Church.The official representation began with the formal opening of diplomatic relations with the Holy See by President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II in 1984.
Homan was born in West Carthage, New York, into a Roman Catholic family. [3] His father and grandfather were West Carthage police officers. [4] He received an associate degree in criminal justice from Jefferson Community College and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
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American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United States (Oxford University Press, 1981), puts politics in context of social history. online; Heyer, Kristin E., Mark J. Rozell, and Michael A. Genovese, eds. Catholics and politics: The dynamic tension between faith and power (Georgetown University Press, 2008). online
Biden is the first United States Vice President from Delaware [14] and the first Roman Catholic to attain that office. [15] Biden's oath of office was administered by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. [16] As the presidential transition of Barack Obama began, Biden said he was in daily meetings with Obama and that McCain was still his ...
Fortnight for Freedom was a 14-day mass action campaign on religious liberty in the United States that ran from 2012 to 2018. it was inaugurated in 2012 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
The CatholicVote.org domain name was first used by the Catholic Alliance in early 2000. [12] The Catholic Alliance was a grassroots group of Americans who agreed with the platform of the fundamental evangelical Protestant Christian Coalition but wished to widen the Coalition's scope to include Catholics. [13]