{"id":1078,"date":"2012-09-15T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/"},"modified":"2012-09-15T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T02:01:00","slug":"ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA<\/a>).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI am a Catholic, not because anyone has ordered me to accept a creed, but because of the grace and truth revealed in my faith,\u201d said the Wisconsin congressman.<\/p>\n

\tRyan spoke openly about his Catholic faith at the 2012 Values Voter Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

\tIn his address, he defended his economic views, which have drawn criticism for their proposed cuts in federal spending on some programs that aid the poor.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, Ryan has asserted that \u201cbig government\u201d approaches have not worked to reduce levels of poverty and says that his plan would help the poor by reducing the federal debt, growing the economy and creating jobs.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHere we are, four years of economic stewardship under these self-proclaimed advocates of the poor, and what do they have to show for it?\u201d he asked. \u201cMore people in poverty, and less upward mobility wherever you look.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPointing to a struggling economy and high levels of unemployment under President Obama, the vice presidential contender argued that he is not lacking in compassion for the poor, but instead has a different approach to addressing the problem of poverty.<\/p>\n

\tThis approach includes not only federal and local government, but also \u201ccivil society,\u201d which Ryan described as good acts taking place through the work of families and communities.<\/p>\n

\tHe explained that for people of faith, \u201cour hearts and conscience have called us to work that needs doing, to fill a place that sometimes no one else can fill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThis unique and important role of faith-filled individuals and institutions is threatened, however, by the mandates issued under the Affordable Care Act, he said.<\/p>\n

\tAmong the most controversial of these mandates is a new federal requirement that forces employers to offer health insurance plans that cover contraception, sterilization and early abortion drugs even if they hold strong moral objections to doing so.<\/p>\n

\tUnder these mandates, Ryan explained, organizations such as Catholic Charities are told that they must violate their consciences, despite the fact that they already excel at their job of serving needy Americans.<\/p>\n

\tRyan said that he and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will repeal the mandate if elected and \u201care honored to stand with you, people of faith and concerned citizens, in defense of our religious liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe congressman also highlighted the distinction between his own pro-life views and the extreme support for abortion expressed by the current administration.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cGiving up any further pretense of moderation on this issue, and in complete disregard for millions of pro-life Democrats, President Obama has chosen to pander to the most extreme elements of his party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tHe observed that in \u201cthe Clinton years, the stated goal was to make abortion safe, legal and rare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn contrast, he said, the Obama-Biden ticket apparently now \u201cstands for an absolute, unqualified right to abortion at any time, under any circumstance, and even at taxpayer expense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tRyan criticized this shift, arguing that \u201cin this good-hearted country, we believe in showing compassion for mother and child alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe don\u2019t write anyone off in America, especially those without a voice,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery child has a place and purpose in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEveryone counts, and in a just society, the law should stand on the side of life,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital.<\/p>\n

\t“I am a Catholic, not …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us"],"yoast_head":"\nRyan highlights role of faith in his political views<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital. “I am a Catholic, not ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital. “I am a Catholic, not ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-09-15T02:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/\",\"name\":\"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-15T02:01:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-15T02:01:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital. “I am a Catholic, not ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views","description":"Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital. “I am a Catholic, not ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views","og_description":"Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital. “I am a Catholic, not ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2012-09-15T02:01:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/","name":"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-09-15T02:01:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-09-15T02:01:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2012 \/ 08:01 pm (CNA).- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan defended his Catholic faith, pro-life views and economic policies at a conservative gathering in the nation's capital. “I am a Catholic, not ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/09\/ryan-highlights-role-of-faith-in-his-political-views\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ryan highlights role of faith in his political views"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}