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Is the Pope Catholic?

Is the Pope Catholic?

Shortly after signing on as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running-mate, Senator Tim Kaine cheerily described his mission as reaching out to the Pope Francis Catholics. The Jesuit educated Kaine has joined a long line of Democratic politicians who are trying to have it both ways: professing to be "good Catholics" and advancing a pro-choice, "progressive" agenda that conflicts with long standing teaching of their church. It is hard to imagine that these politicians, many of whom blatantly u

Shortly after signing on as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running-mate, Senator Tim Kaine cheerily described his mission as reaching out to the Pope Francis Catholics. The Jesuit educated Kaine has joined a long line of Democratic politicians who are trying to have it both ways: professing to be "good Catholics" and advancing a pro-choice, "progressive" agenda that conflicts with long standing teaching of their church. It is hard to imagine that these politicians, many of whom blatantly u…