U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during a campaign event in December 2022.
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Clergy often possess the rhetorical skills and community ties that can launch political careers. Yet traditionally, few have held elective office.
Pope Francis, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, waves to the crowd after addressing Congress on September 24, 2015.
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In the 2016 election, Donald Trump won 60% of the American Catholic vote. This year, it will be difficult for him to obtain a similar score, and that could have immense consequences.
Pope Francis giving a TED talk.
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What Pope Francis did in his surprise TED talk was to relate the social message of Catholicism to people’s real lives.