Patrick Carolan

Patrick Carolan is a Catholic activist and writer. He is the co-national director for Catholics Vote for Common Good and Catholic campaign consultant for Faithful America. Previously, he served as the executive director of the Franciscan Action Network and co-founded the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

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An artist on stage painted an image of former president Donald Trump and an image of the face of Christ, before the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual Ronald Reagan Dinner, Feb. 23.

Bishops must be pastoral, not partisan, this election season

The alignment of certain U.S. bishops with Christian nationalist political figures whose actions are at odds with Catholic values is contributing to the growing divide within the church.

Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Vice President Mike Pence greet each other in New York City Sept. 11, marking the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 aviation terrorist attacks on the U.S. (CNS/Reuters/Amr Alfiky)

Character counts for Catholic voters

Commentary: Vote Common Good recently commissioned a poll in six swing states to try and define character issues and their importance to voters.

It's time to change the abortion debate in America

Commentary: The current framing of the abortion debate is wounding our nation and may in fact become our undoing, dividing us so deeply that in seeking to win elections, we lose our nation's soul.

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