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Faith in the 2012 Election Faith in the 2012 Election
Religion emerged as an important issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. The personal religious identity of President Barack Obama and the Republican candidate, Governor...

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Commentary on the Election Commentary on the Election
This collection gathers together key statements from politicians, campaign officials, journalists, and others as they analyze and react to the role of religion in the 2012...

Deal Hudson, Catholic Lay Scholar, on the Importance of Bishop Robert Morlino's Affirmation of Paul Ryan's Catholic Values

August 20, 2012
Bishop Morlino's words echo those of Cardinal Timothy Dolan's May letter to the congressman commending him for treating the budget as a 'moral' enterprise. Though Cardinal Dolan is the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Morlino's letter, coming as it does from Ryan's ordinary, carries not just more weight but actual ecclesial authority. Given that Bishop Morlino has now attested to Paul Ryan's good standing in the Church and his commitment to its social teaching the debate can be focused on the prudential issues involved rather than Ryan's Catholicism.