2024 Election

The 2024 United States presidential election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters will elect a president and vice president for a four-year term. This is the latest coverage from Catholic News Agency and EWTN News.

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‘Profoundly relieved’: Major abortion amendment in Florida fails to pass

Nov 5, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into... Read more

Lila Rose, founder of Live Action.

Overcoming prior hesitation, Catholic Live Action President Lila Rose votes for Trump

Nov 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“I will be voting for Donald Trump,” Lila Rose, who is Catholic, said in a Nov. 2 post on X,... Read more

Kevin Roberts is president of the Heritage Foundation.

Conservative policy leader: First Amendment, pro-life cause at stake on Nov. 5

Nov 1, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

In an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Friday, Kevin Roberts addressed the anticipated crisis of nonvoters... Read more

Nebraska Capitol.

Nebraska combats ‘misleading’ ad campaign promoting pro-abortion ballot measure

Nov 1, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services has released an advisory clarifying that the state’s preborn protection law does not... Read more

“It is easy to get distracted or misled by propaganda, emotional manipulation, and distortion of the truth,” U.S. Shadow Sen. Zoraida Buxó, R-Puerto Rico, told the Trump campaign rally crowd in heavily Hispanic Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 29, 2024. “Watch out and stay focused on what is truly important when you go to cast your vote,” she urged.

Trump makes case to Puerto Rican voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, after joke backlash

Oct 30, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“I will deliver the best future for Puerto Ricans and for Hispanic Americans,” Trump said at the Tuesday night rally. Read more

Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez prays with other priests during Sunday Mass in the San Juan Cathedral in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 1, 2017.

San Juan archbishop asks Trump to apologize for comedian’s Puerto Rico joke

Oct 29, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“I call upon you, Mr. Trump, to disavow these comments as reflecting in any way your personal or political viewpoints,”... Read more

Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump welcomes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a Turning Point Action campaign rally at the Gas South Arena on Oct. 23, 2024, in Duluth, Georgia.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ad urges Catholics to back Donald Trump

Oct 26, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“Catholics may disagree on many issues, but we must find a way to love our children more than we hate... Read more

2024 Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance  speaks to a crowd in Leesport, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 21, 2024.

JD Vance warns of Harris’ ‘prejudice against Catholics’ in op-ed for Pittsburgh outlet

Oct 25, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance in an op-ed published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette accused Kamala Harris of being prejudiced... Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, appearing with medical doctors, holds a press conference on Oct. 22, 2024, to speak in opposition to Amendment 4, which would add a right to abortion before the point of viability to Florida’s constitution.

10 states will vote on abortion on Election Day. Here’s a look at each

Oct 24, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Several of the state ballot proposals in front of voters threaten current pro-life protections, particularly a number of proposed constitutional... Read more

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a church service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on Oct. 20, 2024, in Stonecrest, Georgia.

Kamala Harris rejects religious exemptions for abortion laws: ‘That cannot be negotiable’

Oct 23, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your... Read more

Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prays during a roundtable discussion with Latino community leaders at Trump National Doral Miami resort in Miami on Oct. 22, 2024.

Trump: Harris ‘destructive to Christianity,’ Catholics ‘treated worse than anybody’

Oct 22, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“These people are sick,” Trump contended. “These people are very sick people. Christians will not be safe with Kamala Harris... Read more

The “EWTN News Nightly” and “EWTN News In Depth” team at the Washington, D.C., studios of EWTN.

Catholic election night coverage from EWTN News — here’s how to tune in

Oct 22, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

EWTN News will offer extensive coverage on the night of the 2024 U.S. general election, and viewers can expect balanced... Read more

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listens as Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance at Wisconsin faith rally says Catholics ‘feel abandoned’ by Biden, Harris

Oct 21, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“Kamala Harris is the candidate of anti-Christian and anti-Catholic bigotry,” JD Vance said. “She brags about it. That’s her policy... Read more

Our Lady of Pompei Chapel, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

‘Novena to the Mother of God for the Nation’ to begin Oct. 27 as election draws near

Oct 21, 2024

By Joseph Pronechen

Beginning on Sunday, Oct. 27, the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) will launch a nine-day novena in anticipation of the... Read more

Ave Maria Parish in Ave Maria, Florida.

Catholic university in Florida stages rally against state abortion amendment

Oct 18, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Ave Maria University is set to host a major rally Sunday against Florida’s pro-abortion ballot measure. Read more

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo just prior to attending the annual Al Smith dinner in support of the charitable work of the Archdiocese of New York on Oct. 17, 2024.

Trump pledges to consider reimplementing ban on overseas abortion funding

Oct 18, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Former president Donald Trump on Thursday said he will consider reimplementing a ban on taxpayer funding for abortion overseas. Read more

Marijuana leaves.

Catholic bishops urge ‘no’ vote on Florida marijuana initiative

Oct 17, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Amendment 3, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 and older, is the most expensive cannabis-focused... Read more

While serving as a United States senator from California, Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly scrutinized judicial nominees for being members of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization.

EWTN News examines Kamala Harris’ scrutiny of Knights of Columbus members

Oct 17, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

While serving as a U.S. senator from California, Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly scrutinized judicial nominees for being members of... Read more

“I think you’ll see a different side of Mr. Trump,” EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo told CNA. “The visuals will also be original as we will be decked out in our tuxes and tails for the Al Smith dinner.”

Trump interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo to coincide with Al Smith dinner

Oct 16, 2024

By Tyler Arnold, Ken Oliver-Méndez

The most emblematically Catholic event in U.S. presidential campaigns, the Al Smith dinner, is set to be the backdrop for... Read more

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, speaks as Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson (right) looks on during a rally on Sept. 5, 2024, in Bozeman, Montana. The Right to Abortion Initiative will be on the Nov. 5 ballot as an amendment to Montana’s constitution. Tester attended the rally in support of the initiative.

Montana becomes an abortion battleground state with advocacy groups spending millions

Oct 16, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

If passed, the initiative would amend the state constitution “to expressly provide a right to make and carry out decisions... Read more