Election Updates

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Pope sends congratulatory message to Obama

Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY. Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 5, congratulating him and offering his prayers for Obama and the United States.

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Catholic leaders congratulate Obama, offer their prayers

Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON. Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the U.S. Catholic bishops, congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on his “historic election” Nov. 4 as the first African-American to win the White House.

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Catholic voters mirror general electorate
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON. Catholics pretty much voted the way the rest of the country did in supporting Democratic Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential race Nov. 4, according to some early poll reports.

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Ballot issues mixed
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON. In voting on 2008 ballot questions across the country, the Catholic Church view against same-sex marriage appeared headed for victory, but Catholic efforts to influence voting related to abortion, assisted suicide, embryonic stem-cell research and gambling failed.

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Democrats gain in races
By Chaz Muth
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON. The U.S. electorate appears to have focused more on the struggling economy than social issues, with Democrats making gains throughout the country.

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