“Roman
Catholic leaders in the early voting state of Iowa will call Thursday on
candidates for president to follow the teachings of Pope Francis and focus as
much on the environment and income inequality in 2016 as they have in past
elections on opposing gay marriage and abortion.”
“The
push from Pates and other bishops in Iowa threatens to disrupt the historically
reliable alliance of evangelical Christians and conservative Roman Catholic
voters, putting pressure on Republicans who have leaned on their religious
faith to guide them on social issues.”
"You
see a lot of coalitions of Catholics and evangelicals working on the life issue
together," Scheffler said. "You could lose some Catholics to this.
Some priests buy into that whole social justice, income distribution thing. But
not all of them."
Hopefully,
the conservative Roman Catholic voters will understand the error in the pope’s
teaching.
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