He did it in a way that was sort of this uniquely personal Catholicism.
In this context, Republicanism and Catholicism find synergy -- and Ryan is its embodiment.
Catholicism is actually not one structurally unified body and hasn't been since 1054.
Converting to Catholicism provided some consolation, but not, it seems, through the grace of forgiveness.
Ms Kelly's Roman Catholicism has raised questions in some minds about her attitude towards sex education.
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The Vatican's central administration has for long been seen as ineffective in governing Catholicism's sprawl.
"Italy is a very forgiving society, it's partly to do with Roman Catholicism, " said Walston.
But in terms of vernacular religion, their everyday Catholicism was simply different from the approved version.
Tony Blair converted to Catholicism only after he had stepped down as prime minister.
John Kerry is seen as so liberal that his Catholicism is the least of his problems.
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The Jews who were forced to renounce Judaism and embrace Catholicism were known as "Conversos, " or converts.
As one White Canadian who attended our African Mass in Toronto told me recently: African Catholicism rocks!
Yet in much of England, people under 40 cannot remember why Catholicism caused their grandparents such alarm.
They focused on promoting the Church's recently launched Year of Faith - an initiative intended to re-energise Catholicism.
But one can be a fierce critic of the market system and still remain within orthodox Roman Catholicism.
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If popular opinion overwhelmingly associates Catholicism with the papacy, that's partly because effective Vatican theologizing made it so.
Kennedy not only attended Sunday Mass, Creedon said, but also sought him out to discuss the tenets of Catholicism.
There were also those who feigned conversion, practicing Catholicism outwardly while covertly practicing Judaism, the so-called "Marranos, " or swine.
From its start, Pope Benedict's papacy had been focused on reinforcing Catholicism's identity, particularly in Europe, its historic home.
Mr. Weigel is the author of "Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church, " recently published by Basic Books.
This is like asking the Pope if Catholicism or Shintoism is more enchanting.
For Mr Obama it appears that the words of Mr Wright are a bigger liability than was Kennedy's Catholicism.
British identity was forged on the back of anti-Catholicism, European war and imperialism.
Roman Catholicism, he said, needed to shift its focus outward, to the world beyond Vatican City walls, to the outside.
Here are a couple of illustrations from his first novel, Decline and Fall (1928), just before his conversion to Catholicism.
Understanding one of the world's most populous faiths needs to encompass all of Catholicism -- not just the Roman version.
The challenge to Mr Tusk comes from PiS, which blends patriotic conservatism and prickliness to foreigners with socially minded Catholicism.
By European standards American Catholicism is thriving and vibrant, with about 64m adherents, one-third of whom attend Mass fairly regularly.
Obviously, Catholicism is one of the biggest religions in Latin America, as well as a large religion in the United States.
But Mr. Santorum's history of wearing his Catholicism on his sleeve may not be disqualifying given the timing and the opponent.
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