Tom Gjelten

People who claim that mask mandates deprive them of their personal freedom, Francis says, are "victims only in their own imagination." The book also addresses demonstrations against racial injustice.

Joe Biden intends to admit 125,000 refugees in his first year. Many will be fleeing religious persecution. While highlighting persecution, President Trump cut refugee admissions to 15,000.

Legislative remedies prove ineffective in reconciling religious freedom claims with concerns about discrimination, so the battle is waged via executive orders.

A leading proponent of interfaith understanding, Sacks once wrote that, "God is the god of all humanity, but no single faith is or should be the faith of all humanity."

Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations in the U.K. and a leading moral theologian, has died at age 72. His last book emphasized the importance of a "we" mentality.

White evangelicals still support Trump. Catholics are still divided. "The religious landscape in terms of voting has been remarkably stable," says Robert P. Jones, a leading religion scholar.

The president's campaign now realizes it was not white evangelicals who got Trump elected in 2016 but conservative Catholics.

"What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered," the pope said in an interview in the film Francesco, which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have looked for ways to challenge Barrett's conservative views without alienating her Catholic supporters.

Amy Coney Barrett represents a voter the Democrats need to attract: a white Catholic suburban woman. But her views are out of line with most Democrats', and her nomination presents a challenge.

Even harsh critics of the president have been careful not to wish him ill, and some religious leaders hope he gains wisdom from his experience.

A common Catholic "sensibility" is at work among both pro-Trump and pro-Biden Catholic voters, with an emphasis on the dignity of the human person.

Catholics guided by their faith may be torn between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Opposition to abortion pushes them to Trump, but an emphasis on Catholic social teachings may push them to Biden.

Catholics are seen as swing voters, and the Trump and Biden campaigns are pushing for their support. In Pennsylvania, Catholics are almost evenly divided in their support of the two major parties.

Democrats are unhappy over Barrett's nomination and object to her conservative legal views, but they are unlikely to question her Catholic beliefs.

Amy Coney Barrett is a devout Catholic and member of a charismatic group. Her Supreme Court nomination raises questions of whether the faith of a justice can or should influence their jurisprudence.

Robert and his wife Jeannie Graetz faced bombs and KKK death threats for their role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but their Black friends and neighbors protected them.

The racial justice movement asks what role white people should play in the struggle. Lenny Duncan's ministry tries to answer that question. He's a black pastor in the whitest denomination in the U.S.

Some speakers at the Republican National Convention were as quick to question the faith beliefs of the Biden-Harris ticket as they were to defend those of their own candidates.

Republican and Democratic conventions show that both parties are appealing to faith voters. They have mostly different target audiences, though Catholics are getting special attention this year.