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Weblog: What John Edwards BelievesJohn Kerry's Methodist running mate oversees his church's urban ministries, but can he win evangelicals' votes?Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 07/06/2004 1:00 p.m. Catholic Kerry picks Methodist Edwards as running mate The religion story in covering the Democratic presidential campaign undoubtedly will continue to focus on John Kerry's Catholicism, and Catholic leaders' responses to it. In fact, that story will explode this week as St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, who has already promised to deny Communion to Kerry and other prochoice politicians, issues a pastoral letter reiterating and detailing his remarks that "knowingly voting for...

Catholic Kerry picks Methodist Edwards as running mate The religion story in covering the Democratic presidential campaign undoubtedly will continue to focus on John Kerry's Catholicism, and Catholic leaders' responses to it. In fact, that story will explode this week as St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, who has already promised to deny Communion to Kerry and other prochoice politicians, issues a pastoral letter reiterating and detailing his remarks that "knowingly voting for a candidate who advocates abortion" is a mortal sin. "It is not a matter — as in the case of politicians whose positions are public — of denying...