Elections 2024

Row of voting booths at polling station during the 2020 American election.
Row of voting booths at polling station during the 2020 American election. (photo: Vesperstock / Shutterstock)

Voters in the United States are preparing to elect the next U.S. president in 2024. The Register covers the presidential election as well as congressional and other races nationwide through the lens of Catholic social teaching.

Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist

The Lord Has Need of It

‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Passion narrative that reveals the boundless humility of our Savior and his longing for union with us.