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God-o-Meter got word last night from an Obama campaign source that it’s helping organize “days of service” for Obama supporters in Washington and New York to coincide with the pope’s U.S. visit. Spearheaded by Catholic Obama supporters and including projects like volunteering in soup kitchens, the initiative is expected to draw a few dozen supporters…

The key one-two punch from Michael Gerson’s Washington Post op-ed today faulting Obama for looking down his nose at small town, churchgoing Americans: [T]he setback is more than political. One of Obama’s genuine contributions had been a renewed, liberal appreciation of the role of religious motivations in politics. In Gerson’s view, Obama’s San Francisco comments…

McCain’s statement landed in God-o-Meter inbox at 4:03 PM, long after Obama’s and Clinton’s had arrived. Read their statements, then read his. His is more, um, brief: Pope Benedict’s lifelong dedication to virtue and the authenticity of his principles serve as a guiding example to people throughout the world. When His Holiness travels to America,…

Most of today’s New York Times story about the fight for Catholic votes among the presidential candidates consists of warmed-over God-o-Meter posts from recent weeks. But the piece does include a warning to John McCain from Deal Hudson, George W. Bush’s chief Catholic outreach liaison: In fact, some conservatives worry that the war in Iraq,…
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