Irish Catholic legacy makes St. Paddy's Day special
On St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish. In today’s Washington, with an Irish Catholic President, Joe Biden, and the second-in-succession Italian Catholic, Nancy Pelosi, you could add, “and Catholic.” Moreover, nine Biden Cabinet members were raised in the faith and six of nine Supreme Court Justices. Catholics compose 31% of Congress and 32% of state governors. Catholics defy categorizations. While Evangelicals are predominately conservative republicans and Jewish officials liberal democrats, Catholics have been 50-50 republican-democrat over three decades. Today’s Cathol...
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