The AP has an interesting article out today on proabortion GOP presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani. Here’s a taste:
Rudy Giuliani evokes his Catholic upbringing as he campaigns for president, yet he refuses to say whether he is a practicing Catholic.
When a voter asked this week if he is a “traditional, practicing Roman Catholic,” Giuliani insisted his faith should be private.
“My religious affiliation, my religious practices and the degree to which I am a
good or not-so-good Catholic, I prefer to leave to the priests,” the former New York mayor responded in Davenport, Iowa.It would be difficult for him to answer yes. Someone who, like Giuliani, divorces and remarries without getting an annulment from the church cannot receive communion or other church sacraments.
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Some of Giuliani’s critics, such as conservative blogger Stephen Dillard, believe his marital history is fair game. Dillard started a “Catholics Against Rudy” Web site that raises that issue, among several others.
“The way he treated his wife gives us insight into how he views the role of family, how he views marriage, how he views the church’s teaching on adultery and divorce,” Dillard said.
Religious scholars say that Giuliani’s willingness to talk about some, but not all, aspects of his faith is inconsistent.
“If you identify yourself that way in a public forum and then try to shut down any questions, that’s not going to work,” said the Rev. James Heft, religion professor and president of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies
at the University of Southern California.
Thoughts?
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