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CatholicVote.org Political Action Committee (CatholicVote PAC) is the group's connected political action committee; its goal is to financially support political candidates who "will be faithful stewards of Catholic social teaching and the common good." [5] In 2010, it made campaign contributions to six Republicans and one Democrat.
Catholic Church and politics in the United States. Members of the Catholic Church have been active in the elections of the United States since the mid-19th century. The United States has never had religious parties (unlike much of the world, especially in Europe and Latin America). There has never been an American Catholic religious party ...
Religion and politics in the United States. The U.S. guarantees freedom of religion and some churches in the U.S. take strong stances on political subjects. Religion in the United States is remarkable in its high adherence level compared to other developed countries. [1] The First Amendment to the country's Constitution prevents the government ...
Inter mirifica (lit. 'Among the wonderful' in Latin), subtitled "Decree on the Media of Social Communication", is one of the Second Vatican Council 's 16 magisterial documents. The final text was approved on 24 November 1963 by a vote of 1,598 to 503. On 4 December 1963, it was promulgated by Pope Paul VI, after another vote, this time of 1,960 ...
477–799. Justinian I depicted on a mosaic in the church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy. 480: Traditional birth of Benedict, author of a monastic rule, setting out regulations for the establishment of monasteries. 496: Clovis I, pagan king of the Franks, converts to the Catholic faith.
Catholics United was founded in 2005 by Catholic social justice activists Chris Korzen and James Salt.It grew out of a 2004 effort called the Catholic Voting Project, which opposed Republican efforts to convince Catholic voters it was immoral to vote for U.S. Presidential candidate John Kerry because he supported abortion rights. [5]
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, often shortened to the Catholic League, is an American Catholic organization whose stated purpose is to "defend the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination." [3] The Catholic League states that it is "motivated ...
Ethnocultural politics in the United States (or ethnoreligious politics) refers to the pattern of certain cultural or religious groups to vote heavily for one party. Groups can be based on ethnicity (such as Hispanics, Irish, Germans), race (White people, Black people, Asian Americans) or religion (Protestant [and later, Evangelical] or Catholic) or on overlapping categories (Irish Catholics).