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Catholics: Biden vs Ryan

Biden And Ryan Share Faith But Not Worldview
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The views of vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan are strikingly different, but both espouse the same Catholic faith and are reaching out to Christian voters. Their views, which represent opposite wings of their religion, are a reflection of the growing divide among Catholics.
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Paul Ryan: I"m Strongly Pro-Life; Biden: I"m a Pro-Abortion Catholic

Vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan made a strong pro-life case against abortion during the Vice-Presidential debate on Thursday night.

During a debate marked by Vice President Joe Biden's snark and interrupting, Ryan calmly and cooly laid out why he takes a pro-life position and how his Catholic faith has helped guide him to a place where he opposes abortion. Ref. Source 4

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Ryan to Biden: If You"re Protecting Catholics, Why Are They Suing You?

Paul Ryan had perhaps the question of the night when he challenged pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden on the issue of the HHS mandate that compels them to pay for abortion-causing drugs. During the debate, Ryan brought up the controversial mandate that pro-life groups oppose.

"What troubles me more is how this administration has handled all of these issues. Look at what they"re doing through Obamacare with respect to assaulting the religious liberties of this country. They"re infringing upon our first freedom, the freedom of religion, by infringing on Catholic charities, Catholic churches, Catholic hospitals," he explained. Ref. Source 5

Catholics: Biden vs Ryan Catholicism Studies

Paul Ryan Was the True Pro-Life Catholic in Thursday's Debate

There are Catholics like Joe Biden who claim to follow what is too often called the 'spirit" of Vatican II while rejecting the very foundations that important Council proclaimed. Then, there are others, like Paul Ryan, who grasp the implications of what it means to infuse the values informed by their Catholic faith into their political participation on fundamental moral issues such as the Right to life. Thursday evening's debate between the Vice presidential candidates was historic in the history of American politics: Never before have both vice presidential candidates professed membership in the Catholic Church and claimed with pride the name Catholic as an accurate description of their Christian faith. Source 9 Ref.