Vice-presidential debate a clash between two types of Catholic
The US vice-presidential debate tonight between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine will be a showdown between two very unconventional Catholics, reports The Daily Beast. Senator Kaine, as is well known, is a progressive Catholic whose focus on the Church’s social gospel was sharpened during a year’s mission in Latin America. But while media coverage of Indiana Governor Mike Pence has tended to depict him as a standard right-wing conservative Christian, this label belies the complexity of his own spiritual journey. Read more ...