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Many Catholic organizations have ramped up spending on campaigns against abortion-rights measures this election, with at least $1.9 million in donations so far, according to a joint investigation by NCR and Mother Jones.

Nationally, Catholic voters have been closely divided in recent presidential elections. This year, in the vital state of Pennsylvania, they’ll likely comprise at least a quarter of the electorate — and thus play a pivotal role in deciding the overall outcome.

In NCR's poll published Oct. 14, respondents ranked affordable housing as the fifth most important voter issue behind only the economy, immigration, health care and taxes. 

Four Roman Catholic bishops in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero called Monday for civilian and military authorities to take steps to protect residents of a region rocked by violence that has left more than a dozen dead in recent days.

Trump has made inroads into the Latino community's solid support for Democratic candidates, but remarks made at a rally at Madison Square Garden may cause some to rethink.

Catholic voters must negotiate a balance between what the church teaches and how their other values contribute to their voting decisions. Nowhere is that more evident than around the issue of legalized abortion.

An outpouring of tributes followed the death of Peruvian theologian Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, regarded as the father of Latin American liberation theology.

President Joe Biden on Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman's deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza.