Clergy often possess the rhetorical skills and community ties that can launch political careers. Yet traditionally, few have held elective office. Could that be starting to change?
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In the 2016 election, Donald Trump won 60% of the American Catholic vote. This year, it will be difficult for him to obtain a similar score, and that could have immense consequences.
What Pope Francis did in his surprise TED talk was to relate the social message of Catholicism to people’s real lives.
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Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, Villanova University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Erie Campus, Penn State
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Blandine Chelini-Pont is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professeur des Universités en histoire contemporaine, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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Founding Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
