Celebrate, Yes. But Also Steel Yourself for the Battles Ahead, by Peter Wolfgang 

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture, Nov 09, 2024

Peter Wolfgang is president of Family Institute of Connecticut Action, a Hartford-based advocacy organization whose mission is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society.  …

It has been less than a week since President-elect Trump’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris and the dust is still settling. As I review the results and the analyses, the first thing that jumps out at me is the line with which Thomas Mirus opened his biweekly email to Catholic Culture’s subscribers:

I suspect that even many Catholics who chose to vote for, say, the American Solidarity Party rather than for Trump, were relieved at this week’s electoral defeat of pro-abortion, pro-gender-ideology radicalism.

That is exactly right. Almost every faithful Catholic, whether or not they voted for Trump, is breathing a sigh of relief right now. Like many, my gut told me Trump would win. But after the strange election of 2020, I refused to believe it. I thought the polls showing the two candidates to be neck-and-neck were true. I am glad to have been wrong. …

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