ABC Religion & Ethics
Massimo Faggioli
Updated
Tue 2 Feb 2021, 3:51pm
President Joe Biden has refused to make his faith a weapon in the “culture wars.” (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
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Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is the second Catholic president of the United States after John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961–1963), but he the first to have made his Catholicism central to his 2020 election campaign leaving no doubt as to where his roots lie and what sustains him. In his speeches and public comments throughout the campaign, he did not hesitate to refer to religion. He even called his campaign a “battle for the soul of America.”
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