As Biden heads to the White House, some Catholics are hoping his election will highlight a different side of their faith. “Biden’s faith is an old-school, lunch-pail, ethnic Catholicism that animated places like Scranton,” Gehring said, referring to Biden’s hometown in Pennsylvania. It’s unclear how the right-wing Catholics who attacked Biden’s faith will react to a Biden presidency. Decades later, Catholics ― particularly white Catholics ― have attained positions of political power in Congress, as state governors, and on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) President-elect Joe Biden leaves after Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Source: Huffington Post November 11, 2020 18:11 UTC