Word: catholicism
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"He understands the importance of having candidates who appeal to different constituencies without promoting a monolithic agenda," says Kellie Ferguson, executive director of Republican Majority for Choice, a Washington-based group of moderate conservatives. (A Roman Catholic, Steele personally opposes abortion.) She added, "Hopefully, he will have an open door...
Steele's trajectory has been improbable. He was born in Prince George County, a Maryland suburb of Washington, and for three years studied to be a Catholic priest. Eventually, he graduated from Georgetown University's Law Center and embarked on a career in corporate law. He also became active in...
Controversy burns on a week after Pope Benedict XVI reversed the excommunication of the four bishops of the breakaway Lefebvrite movement, including a vocal Holocaust denier. Developments over just two days include: an Italian priest of the same arch-traditionalist group added his own doubts about Nazi gas chambers to...
But the fallout inside the Catholic hierarchy could be more lasting. Regensburg was a question of a speech largely directed toward the outside world; and while some still criticize the poorly chosen language, others believe it gave much needed impetus to a more frank discussion about Islam. It was, in...
Pauline Fitzpatrick also lost a brother in 1977. He was a member of the IRA in Belfast, one of many poor teenagers who joined paramilitary groups at the height of the Troubles. Fitzpatrick's parents were unaware her brother had joined the IRA until he was killed by the British...