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[Catholic Caucus] What About the Catholics Who Voted for Harris?It appears that roughly 41 percent of Catholic voters may have voted for Harris. The real story here, then, should be that there is a sizable portion of the voting population that is incorrectly identifying as Catholic.Several media outlets have touted the significance of the Catholic vote in propelling President Donald Trump to victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. PJ Media’s report accurately suggested that it should have been a given that Catholics could not vote for Harris:“It turns out that skipping the Al Smith dinner, touting no exceptions for abortion,...

[Catholic Caucus] Report: Political Donations by “Professional” Catholics Heavily Favor DemocratsIn 2016, the Lepanto Institute conducted a review of political contributions from employees of Catholic Relief Services, finding that 98% of those employees contributed to pro-abortion candidates and causes.A new analysis of political campaign contributions, conducted by the Lepanto Institute and Complicit Clergy, updated and expanded this initial research to include individuals working for various other Catholic charitable institutions, namely Catholic Charities, Covenant House, St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Relief Services, the Knights of Columbus, Cross Catholic Outreach and Jesuit Refugee Service.We examined 47,000 public records for employees of those...

Catholics Denied Communion in Denver for Supporting Fired Lesbian Church WorkerTwo Catholics in Colorado have said they were denied Communion for wearing rainbow masks in support of a lesbian church worker recently fired in the Archdiocese of Denver.In January, Maggie Barton was terminated as a teacher at All Souls Catholic School over her same-gender relationship. Then, this month, to protest the discrimination, four Catholic women—Susan Doty, Sally Odenheimer, Jill Moore, and Cindy Grubenhoff—attended Mass at the parish with which the school is affiliated wearing rainbow masks and other Pride apparel. According to The Denver Post:“Susan Doty lined up Saturday to...