Fr. James Martin, S.J. will deliver an invocation at the Democratic National Convention this week on the night when former Vice President Joe Biden will become the fourth Catholic to accept his party's formal nomination for president of the United States. The Republican Party has never nominated a Catholic.
Fr. Martin, an editor-at-large at America Magazine and one of the most well known American priests on social media. Fr. Martin was invited by the Vatican to be a speaker at the 2018 World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland. Fr. Martin, who is also a consultor to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communications, appointed by the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Also speaking at the convention will be Sr. Simone Campbell, the executive director of Network a Catholic social justice lobby, which played a critical role in soliciting the support of many Catholic religious sisters behind the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
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