[Arthur McGowan]

Kerry is trying desperately to pretend to be a devout Catholic. What he's been revealing recently is that he is not just a pro-abortion Catholic, but HE IS SO PROFOUNDLY IGNORANT of Catholicism, that he can't even effectively pretend to be a Catholic. His recent remark about "Pope Pius XXIII," and "the Vatican II" reveal this. I would bet anything that Kerry simply DID NOT KNOW that receiving communion in a Protestant church is against the law of the Catholic Church. Kerry recently said, in order to demonstrate his "piety," that he always wore a Rosary around his neck in Vietnam. I've asked a number of priests if they've ever seen anyone wearing a Rosary around the neck. The response: Only bag ladies, or mental patients. It is NOT a Catholic custom to wear a Rosary as a necklace.

[Miss Marple]

Thank you for clarifying that information about the Rosary. I thought I was correct about it, but as I am not a Catholic I was not 100% certain that I was right.

You know, this guy isn't even a good fake Catholic, since I, as a Protestant, know more about Catholicism than he does!

[meatloaf]

I was wondering about Kerry wearing a rosary as a necklace. Even as a non-catholic that sounded strange to me. Thanks for following that up.

[AnAmericanMother]

It is NOT a Catholic custom to wear a Rosary as a necklace.

Not only that - as I noted on another thread - your average garden variey rosary won't FIT around the neck of anyone but a small child. Maybe if he had one of those huge rosaries worn at the cincture by religious . . . but somehow I don't see JF'nK as a religious, if you know what I mean . . . :-(

[ThanhPhero]

It is NOT a Catholic custom to wear a Rosary as a necklace.

It is a custom of Vietnamese Catholic women on Sunday or any other time they go to Mass. The older ladies do not carry purses and have no pockets in the ao dai they wear to mass.

[gravyfreak]

I think McGowan and everyone who is commenting on Kerry's brand of Catholism is forgetting an important point.
He is claiming to be catholic and identifying himself as such because he believes and sadly this is true that most catholics agree with him on the issues of contraception, abortion, the war in Iraq, remarriage etc otherwise what would be his point...he is trying to win. Most "Catholics"
do use contraception, are pro choice and have divorced and remarried and RECEIVE the EUCHARIST..of course they have separated themselves from God in doing this and their souls are in danger..but after all it's the blind leading the blind.