We find ourselves just under one year away from the official 2020 Election Day in America. Contemplating it from this vantage point, in the light of what seems to be in front of us, one searches for a reason to be hopeful. A statement of Saint John Paul II comes to mind from an address he gave in 2003 to the Vatican Diplomatic Corps, addressing the unfortunate reality of war: “War is always a defeat for humanity!” The question before us seems again to be: will the next election, especially for the United States Presidency, be a defeat for humanity?