2020 US presidential election Archives

2020 US presidential election

February 14, 2021

In the end, seven Republican senators voted in favor of convicting Donald John Trump on the article of impeachment: incitement of an insurrection. The U.S. Constitution requires not just a majority, but two-thirds of the U.S. Senate to agree, 67 out of 100. The president pro tempore of the Senate, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), confirmed that the motion to convict the former president failed on a vote of 57-43.

Trump Impeachment Trial: Defense Rests

February 13, 2021

Six Republican Senators voted to proceed with the second impeachment trial of Donald John Trump and according to reports, as many as 10 might vote to convict. But 17 Republicans are needed to meet the two-thirds threshold to convict Trump.

Trump Impeachment Trial: House Managers Rest

February 12, 2021

The U.S. Senate is considering one article of impeachment laid against the 45th president of the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald John Trump for incitement of insurrection, for the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6.

Homily: May Christ enlighten a nation in darkness

January 10, 2021

"In our desire for mastery over our lives, and the lives of others, we will believe and promote falsehoods; we will deny and suppress the truth to bolster our egos, even when doing so deadens our souls and harms those around us." - Deacon Fritz Bauerschmidt

Pope Francis congratulates US President-elect

November 13, 2020

The Press Office of the Holy See confirmed the phone call for the Catholic Herald.

Catholic voters back Amy Coney Barrett

October 20, 2020

As Trump and Biden vie for Catholic votes, a new poll finds that Catholics are strongly in favour of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination as a Supreme Court justice

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement already contentious

September 20, 2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87. The second woman ever to be nominated to the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg dedicated her life and career to securing the equal treatment of women before the law and in society, concerns that informed her work on the bench. She was also a staunch defender

Biden plans to end contraception exemption for Little Sisters

July 09, 2020

Joe Biden pledged to reinstate Obama-era policies that would require the Little Sisters of the Poor to ensure access to birth control and abortifacients for employees in violation of their religious beliefs.