Subject: Re: A Democratic pope?
From: <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>, "Valerie Biden Owens" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 18:57:32 +0000 (UTC)

A lot of those catholic commentators w=o wanted us all to sign on to Popes john paul and Dominic, now are not qui=e sure we should listen to pope Francis.

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F=om: Alex Snyder-Mackler
To: Ted Kaufman, Hunter Biden, Valer=e Owens
Sent: May 24, 2015 at 12:07 PM
Subject: A Demo=ratic pope?

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"Pope's pronou=cements making trouble for GOP Catholics ," by Ben Schr=ckinger: "Earlier this month, [Pope] Francis recognized Palestinian s=atehood. This summer, he's going to issue an encyclical condemning env=ronmental degradation. And in September, just as the GOP primary race heat= up, Francis will travel to Washington to address Congress on climate chan=e. Francis may be popular with the general public, but key Republican prim=ry constituencies - hawks, climate skeptics and religious conservatives, i=cluding some Catholics, are wary of the pope's progressivism. ...

"This internal co=flict flips a familiar script, in which Democrats like John =erry and Joe BIDEN were labeled 'cafeteria Catholics' when =heir stances on social issues like abortion and gay marriage differed from=those of the church. ... Catholic Republicans have some advice for their f=llow Catholics in the GOP field: The candidates can continue to honor Fran=is' religious authority while safely disregarding his 'political o=inion.'" http://politi.=o/1IXaC9C

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