Pope Congratulates Joe Biden on Election
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We ran the numbers: There are 2329 news articles covering this topic. 58% (1355) are left leaning, 30% (692) are center, and 12% (282) are right leaning.
On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden spoke to Pope Francis, despite President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede in the election. While left-leaning articles highlight Biden’s “desire to work together” on issues such as helping the poor, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden spotlighted his Catholic faith during his White House run.
A left-leaning article by Bloomberg highlights that on a call with Pope Francis, Biden “expressed his desire to work together” on issues such as helping the poor and addressing climate change. On the contrary, Trump and Pope Francis clashed at times, as the pop said after a 2016 trip to Mexico that a person who “thinks only about building walls” is “not Christian.”
AP News published a centrist article reporting that news of the call came even as some Catholic bishops in the U.S. declined to acknowledge Biden’s victory. The Vatican confirmed the call but offered no further comments about the content.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Biden spotlighted his Catholic faith during his White House run, carrying the Catholic vote 52%-47% over President Trump. This is a reversal from the 2016 election, where Trump edged Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton 50%-46% among Catholics.