Elections

President Donald Trump’s social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV could add to challenges facing Republican candidates in the midterm elections later this year, analysts told OSV News.  

“If you’re a Catholic and you don’t fully back the government, it’s seen as grave disloyalty. This is why we face serious problems here.”

A key national pro-life group released polling it said shows a potential failure to act on pro-life policy priorities may demotivate Republican primary voters in the upcoming midterm elections. 

The BNP-led alliance secured 212 of the 300 parliamentary seats, while a right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance won 77 seats in the Feb. 12 elections.

Bishop Bätzing said it was “a great honor and joy” to serve the German bishops’ conference as its president “in truly demanding times.”

Machado conveyed to the pope “the strength of the Venezuelan people, who remain firm and in prayer for Venezuela’s freedom.”

The Supreme Court on Dec. 5 said it would take up a case regarding the Trump administration’s executive order to end birthright citizenship.

President Donald Trump and Republicans grappled with election losses Nov. 4 as the federal government shutdown became the longest in history. 

Voters in the contests in Virginia and New Jersey who said the economy was their first concern chose the Democratic gubernatorial candidates.

While “off-year elections have been a barometer of current sentiment,” they are not “a predictor of the next national elections.”