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Thirty-three men between George Washington and John F. Kennedy served as U.S. president. Until Kennedy, all were white Anglo-Saxon Protestant men. It took 172 years for a Catholic to win the presidency.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Vatican officials announced Nov. 6 that the Holy See will release Nov. 10 a long-awaited report on the investigation about the ascent to power of now-disgraced former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Supreme Court, now with a full bench, seemed willing to find a compromise during Nov. 4 arguments about a Catholic social service agency shut out from Philadelphia's foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as ...

The U.S. remains in uncertainty about the presidential race after Election Day, as a counting of the vote continues, showing Democratic candidate Joe Biden ahead in electoral votes, but not by much.

On the morning of Nov. 2, the nation's capital looked as if it was getting ready for a hurricane rather than an election. Drills buzzed away, fences went up, hammers pounded, as workers rapidly boarded up buildings, from law offices, ...

Blessed Michael J. McGivney was "an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance" because of his "zeal" for proclaiming the Gospel and his "generous concern for his brothers and sisters," Pope Francis said in his apostolic letter of beatification ...