Biden should focus on his role of head of state to unite the country
Editor's note: In the weeks preceding the inauguration of the country's second Catholic president, National Catholic Reporter asked Catholic politicians, activists and scholars to offer advice to President-elect Joe Biden in a series that takes its title from Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli Tutti : "Building a Common Future." Today, Joe Biden will become president of the United States, taking office in the midst of three crises: the impeachment of his predecessor; the COVID-19 pandemic; and the economy catastrophe the pandemic has occasioned. None of these crises is easy to fix. In addit...