Patrick Carolan

Patrick Carolan is the Catholic outreach director for Vote Common Good. He was executive director of the Franciscan Action Network since 2010 and is a co-founder of the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

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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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