Senator McCain holds private meeting with Archbishop Chaput

American Papist blog ^ | July 30, 2008 | Thomas Peters

[bboop]

Very quiet, VERY cool. Chaput is one fiery warrior for the Lord. I cannot wait to see what comes of this.

[philsfan24]

possible VP slot?

[SumProVita]

Bishop Chaput is AWESOME! This is interesting news indeed....

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

You think they’ll discuss embryonic stem cell research?

[DManA]

LOL. That is the current obsession isn’t it.

[wideawake]

That’s against canon law and would be a terrible idea even if it weren’t.

[BreitbartSentMe]

With a man ruled by expediency and populist causes, can we even trust him on that point?

We can trust him to put forth better nominees than either Obama or Hillary would, that's for sure...

[Cicero]

I don’t think that Chaput is especially notable for his position on immigrant rights. Just about all the bishops support that.

But he is notable as a strong supporter of orthodoxy in the Church, willing to stand up for what is right. And he has been notable in speaking truth to power.

[MHGinTN]

Will Chaput explain to John what he must do to get a larger percentage of the catholic vote, since he will likely already get the Catholic vote?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

since he (McCain) will likely already get the Catholic vote?

Catholics are pretty evenly split.

CATHOLIC VOTE SWINGS DEMOCRATIC IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS

In the 2006 election, Catholics voted democrat 55 to 45.

In the 2004 election, Catholics went 52 to 47 for President Bush.

[Arthur McGowan]

There’s no such thing as “the” Catholic vote.

McCain will get the votes of Catholic pro-lifers. Obama will get the votes of tens of millions of pro-abortion Catholic morons.

[Cicero]

Chaput is greatly respected by traditional Catholics, and those are the Catholics who have moved over to the Republican party over the past several decades.

Maybe he can persuade McCain that he is mistaken to support government funding of fetal stem cell research, which undermines support for McCain among pro-lifers and which has been far less promising than adult stem cell research. Why should taxpapers pay billions of dollars for useless research that would not be done if it weren’t subsidized?

[MHGinTN]

I’ll pray for that!

[bestrongbpositive]

I hope he asked for forgivness for betraying the conservative movement all these years.

[jmaroneps37]

Excellent news!Bishop Chaput is the man who warned frenchie about trying to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church in St. Louis. frenchie had to campaign in St. Louis only during the week.

[Plutarch]

The most obvious reason is to sound out the Archbishop on his reaction should McCain select the Pro-Choice Catholic, Tom Ridge as VP.

Moves like this are likely explains Ridge's recent rise at Intrade to 15%.

[A.A. Cunningham]

But he is notable as a strong supporter of orthodoxy in the Church, willing to stand up for what is right.

You obviously don't live in Chaput's Archdiocese.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Bishop Chaput is the man who warned frenchie about trying to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church in St. Louis.

Wrong. You're confusing Chaput with Archbishop Raymond Burke. Chaput has no control or say over what happens in St. Louis.

[Forest Keeper]

In the 2006 election, Catholics voted democrat 55 to 45. In the 2004 election, Catholics went 52 to 47 for President Bush.

That is so sad. Can you imagine what our Congress would look like if self-professed Christians voted for those who stood for Christian values? It's staggering.