CNN Smerconish May 30, 2015 13:59:00
Going to release an encyclical on climate change and the poor. this is a guy who staunchly opposed to abortion. a guy who has not ceded ground on same-sex union. francis is just kind of breaking up this right/left box that we have. but i think especially his emphasis on social issues like poverty, like climate change yeah there's going to be some rethinking about what the catholic vote is going to look like. >> because of their monolithic nature catholics will be an important constituency in 2016. one quarter of 2012 voters were catholic. according to the pew research center barack obama recei...