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Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J. provides a broad historical review of the complicated and changing relationship between the Vatican and US politics, leading up to his analysis of the role of the US Catholic Bishops and Catholic voters in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Many Church leaders have long been voices on key moral and social issues in US politics, but not without controversy both within the Church and outside of it. The 2020 election of a Catholic president who is prochoice posed an especially complicated challenge for Church leaders confronted with how to respond to Biden’s candidacy and then-presidential election.
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Fogarty, G.P. (2022). The Holy See and the Catholic Community in the 2016 and 2020 Presidential Elections. In: Gayte, M., Chelini-Pont, B., Rozell, M.J. (eds) Catholics and US Politics After the 2020 Elections. Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82212-5_6
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