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Catholics rise to prominence in Congress WASHINGTON — Six decades after John F. Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic president, his political ascent still reverberates in the American electorate. Generations of Catholics who had long been marginalized in the political process were emboldened to seek office, prompting a wave of Catholic lawmakers in the decades that followed. Academic observers attribute the rising influence of Catholics to a new prominence in public life that emerged after...

Catholics rise to prominence in Congress Paul V. Fontelo © Provided by Roll Call The House in the 117th Congress will have more than 130 Catholics. Above, another kind of house, Saint Peters Church on Capitol Hill in April. Six decades after John F. Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic president, his political ascent still reverberates in the American electorate. Generations of Catholics who had long been marginalized in the political process were emboldened to seek office...

JADE COMPOS For The Express Photo by Will Yurman The Rev. Jeffrey A. Packard at his church, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, in State College on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Packard grew up in State College and attended St. Andrew’s where he now serves as rector. Dwindling daylight shimmers through the stained glass and onto the pews of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in State College on a Sunday in late autumn as the sun sets on its 5 p.m. service Congregants shuffle in and take their seats qui...

Ramis Banuri voted for the first time this year. The 18-year-old Emory University student said it was important he did it in Georgia. “I’ve grown up with a bunch of different people telling me, ‘Your vote never matters yada yada yada,’” Banuri says. “But I think that this was a unique moment in which my and everyone else’s singular vote in Georgia really did make the difference.” President-elect Joe Biden eked out a win in the state by just under 12,000 votes. As early voting i...

Affiliated with any religion is big and growing. according to a new pooug research, a quarter of us unaffiliated. an increase of 7 percentage points in just seven years. the last time pugh did the religious landscape study. the survey asked about the religious beliefs, making it the most comprehensive picture of faith in america that we have. does not tally religious identity. the growing number of unaffiliated folks 56 million includes atheists and agnostics but most people who say their religi...