CatholicVote
CatholicVote's mission is to inspire every Catholic in America to live out the truths of our faith in public life. Our vision is to be the most recognized and respected voice for Catholicism in American public life and in so doing bring about a renewal of the culture of our land. We are a lay movement of committed Catholics who are passionate about living out the truths proclaimed by Christ and His Church in the modern world. We are joined by many individuals of other faith traditions because the common good we seek is universal to all men and women of goodwill.www.catholicvote.org
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Sep 17, 2026
Heidi SchlumpfCORRESPONDENT
They're just saying we're no longer looking only at that one issue.
Heidi SchlumpfCORRESPONDENT
And I think it's instructive that even groups on the right, so like catholicvote.org, acknowledges that there seems to be this shift.
Heidi SchlumpfCORRESPONDENT
And for example, in their own data is showing that Catholics, as well as other voters, are very concerned and negative about the violent mass deportations.
Heidi SchlumpfCORRESPONDENT
So yeah, I think there is a shift.
Paul FaheyGUEST
Um, I also heard something very similar again.
Paul FaheyGUEST
Um, um, Cath- the, uh, president of the organization Catholic Vote gave a talk at, uh, the recent SEEK Conference, and she said, um, "If Catholics aren't at the table, they're on the menu," talking about-
Danielle Victoria LussierHOST
Hmm
Paul FaheyGUEST
... how if, if we are not striving and grasping at political power and social influence, then we're gonna be persecuted.
Tom PogasicHOST
If you have life advice questions, if you have Catholic questions, if you have things that have been on your mind, you want thoughts from, say, three generations of Catholics, male, female, you're going to get the interesting ins and outs.
Tom PogasicHOST
Send that to the inbox, loopcast at catholicvote.org. I'm going to be doing a better job of checking that.
Tom PogasicHOST
and give us some interesting topics to discuss.
Tom PogasicHOST
We have our blind spots.
Steve FriendHOST
So why would you go work for a Republican president as a member of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice, maybe as a United States attorney, if you risk losing the rest of your career? So there's now a gigantic chasm, a shortfall of attorneys who are competent, and they're having to hire up people straight out of school with no experience, and that's not a good thing.
Steve FriendHOST
I wanted, though, to follow up on the American Bar Association and what's happening now, which is a story out of Zeal, the news arm of Catholic Vote.
Steve FriendHOST
Headline, Education Department moves to strip American Bar Association of law
Markwayne MullinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
school accreditation.
Josh MercerHOST
According to this new report, the infamous Richmond memo originated with the theory, An FBI analyst hypothesized that white supremacist violence was on the rise and that radical traditionalist Catholics were a demographic seeing significant growth in extremist ideology and violence.
Josh MercerHOST
Catholic Vote said the Trump administration is to be commended by releasing all this information regarding the spying of traditionalist Catholics.
Josh MercerHOST
Meanwhile, over at The Loop, we have an article encouraging high school seniors to remember they are building a life, not just a resume, and to not neglect the present moment.
Josh MercerHOST
Today is the Feast of St. Giles, who was born to a wealthy noble family, but after his parents' death, he gave his fortune to the poor.
Brian BurchGUEST
As you know, we've known each other for many years.
Brian BurchGUEST
Some of your listeners may be more familiar with me from my time when I founded and helped run a group called Catholic Vote.
Brian BurchGUEST
which was engaged in helping Catholics to understand and properly apply their faith to American public life, including elections.
Brian BurchGUEST
And we made the decision back in late 2023 to support President Trump.
Brian BurchGUEST
And we had some great success there.
Brian BurchGUEST
And as a result of that work, the president nominated me and I was confirmed to serve as the 13th U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, where I now live in Rome and represent the administration and certainly work to help advance the foreign policy goals with the Vatican.
Richard KunstHOST
I just want to say, Ambassador, just so you're aware that I plug Catholic Vote all the time still, even on the radio here, in my parish all the time.
Richard KunstHOST
It is still my favorite.
Richard KunstHOST
In some fashion.
Richard KunstHOST
I've known him for quite a long time because I've been a big promoter of Catholic vote in the loop over the years.
Richard KunstHOST
He's even come to my house.
Richard KunstHOST
He's actually been – he's come to see my collection, the papal artifacts, long before he was the ambassador.
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Kevin PilonHOST
weird, man.
Kevin PilonHOST
It was a trip.
Kevin PilonHOST
That's the best word I can use to describe it is that was a trip because it's a guy I, you know, I've followed Catholic vote in the loop for years and I've always read his columns.
Kevin PilonHOST
So I've seen him.
Josh MercerHOST
But there's little doubt that widespread state-level legalization of cannabis has led to a surge in these cases.
Josh MercerHOST
The findings from the CDC come just a year after Catholic Vote joined more than 40 other organizations urging President Trump to resist reclassifying marijuana.
Josh MercerHOST
Unfortunately, the Justice Department rejected the warning and shifted FDA-approved marijuana medications and state-licensed medical marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act, while leaving recreational marijuana in Schedule 1.
Josh MercerHOST
Meanwhile, over at The Loop, we have a report on how Americans' confidence in college has collapsed, and politics isn't the only reason.
Erika AhernHOST
We're now two down, five to go, and we were dropping her off at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Erika AhernHOST
Shout out to the barons who are all there, and I met some fantastic Catholic Vote fans.
Erika AhernHOST
They were all like, and-
Josh MercerHOST
All right
Erika AhernHOST
... nobody asked me, "Oh, are you Erica from The Deep?" Nobody asked me, "Are you Erica from Luke Cast?" They're all just like, "Are you Erica from Catholic Vote?" And I was like, "I sure am."
Tom PogasicHOST
Was Josh with you?
Erika AhernHOST
I'm very proud to say it.
Josh MercerHOST
But I, I, I did like this clip too where it's like, actually, no, there are really good Catholics from Harvard-
Maura HealeySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That people in their faith and in their exercise of faith are at liberty to do whatever they want to do and make the decisions that are right for them.
Mike MacklinCORRESPONDENT
The advocacy group Catholic Vote wrote an open letter to the Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts asking them to clarify whether Healey's action incurred automatic excommunication under church law.
Mike MacklinCORRESPONDENT
After the bill passed the House in July, the Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts called the legislation a radical measure which is gravely immoral.
Mike MacklinCORRESPONDENT
Mike Macklin, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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