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John F. Kennedy on Religion and the Presidency
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But let me stress again that these are my viewsfor, contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public mattersand the Church does not speak for me.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy ("JFK") was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy was internationally-oriented, with major Cold War events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the...
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy ("JFK") was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy was internationally-oriented, with major Cold War events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the...