With a mix of emotions that fell along ideological lines, Catholics awoke to the early morning news Nov. 6 that Donald Trump had secured a second term in the White House.
Trump's supporters touted his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris as a triumph for a nation worried about the economy and moving to the right, while opponents expressed fears his return to the White House opens a dark and uncertain period for American democracy.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, congratulated Trump for his win and stressed that now the task is to "move from campaigning to governing" and to "transition peacefully from one government to the next."
Broglio said the Catholic Church is "not aligned with any political party, and neither is the bishops' conference. No matter who occupies the White House or holds the majority on Capitol Hill, the Church's teachings remain unchanged, and we bishops look forward to working with the people's elected representatives to advance the common good of all."
He also said Christians and Americans "have the duty to treat each other with charity, respect, and civility, even if we may disagree on how to carry out matters of public policy." He asked for Mary's intercession to guide leaders to "uphold the common good of all and promote the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable among us, including the unborn, the poor, the stranger, the elderly and infirm, and migrants."
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