“President turns to Obama-era leader and his evangelical campaign outreach director to lead agency in efforts to ‘heal, unite, and rebuild.’” - C.Today
Related at RNS: Biden signs executive order reestablishing White House faith office
“At the 69th National Prayer Breakfast, President Joe Biden called for those watching online to lean on their faith and see others not as Democrats or Republicans but ‘fellow Americans, fellow human beings.’” - BPNews
“Wednesday’s critical statement of Biden from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops put a spotlight on the fractured episcopacy in the country.” - RNS
“If Americans are to have any hope of overcoming our deep polarizations, people of faith must be willing to cooperate with one another where they can, even when they strongly disagree on some issues. So said a panel of four faith leaders, including Dr. Russell Moore, in a webinar Thursday on faith and politics under Biden presidency.” - C.Leaders
“A new survey from Nashville-based LifeWay Research conducted Sept. 9-23 finds President Donald Trump with a sizable lead over Democratic nominee Joe Biden among likely voters with evangelical beliefs. Deep divides, however, persist among evangelicals across ethnic lines.” - BPNews
“As the debate proceeds, I’ll offer my thoughts in the Comments feature. But don’t make me do all of the work. I invite you, dear reader, to join in with your own comments. I hope we have participants from all political perspectives. We would thus represent the “General Public” in our responses, without the media filters and without the vitriol.” - Gene Veith
“So is Biden a ‘Catholic in Name Only’ or just a liberal Catholic or just one of the many Catholics today who reject their church’s teachings about sex, gender, and life? Very likely, Biden exemplifies the current dysfunctional state of American Catholicism. Perhaps he reflects the reality of Catholicism today, in which case he is not “Catholic in name only.” - Veith
“The vice president also encouraged the faith leaders to approach the subject of gun control as a moral issue when speaking to their congregations.”
