Catholics and politics : the dynamic tension between faith and power / Kristin E. Heyer, Mark J. Rozell, Michael A. Genovese, editors.

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Catholic leaders in U.S. politics -- The politics of the U.S. Catholic bishops : the centrality of abortion / Margaret Sammon -- Political marriage of convenience : the evolution of the Conservative Catholic Evangelical Alliance in the Republican Party / Mark J. Rozell -- One church, many messages : the politics of the U.S. Catholic clergy / Gregory A. Smith -- Catholics in the political arena : how should faith inform Catholic politicians and voters? / Kristin E. Heyer -- The Catholic public -- Between church, party, and conscience : attitudes concerning protecting life and promoting social justice among U.S. Catholics / Mark M. Gray and Mary E. Bendyna -- The myth of a distinct Catholic vote / Matthew J. Streb and Brian Frederick -- Latino Catholics in U.S. politics / Adrian Pantoja, Matthew Barreto, and Richard Anderson -- Catholics and the federal government -- Catholics in congress : abortion and the emergence of the culture wars / William D'Antonio, Steven Tuch, and John Kenneth White -- Catholics and the Supreme Court : from the Catholic seat to the new majority / Barbara A. Perry -- White House outreach to Catholics / Thomas J. Carty -- International policy and the Vatican -- The United States Vatican relationship : parallel endeavors for peace, competing visions of justice / Paul Christopher Manuel -- Reforming the Vatican : the tradition of best practices / Thomas J. Reese.

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Catholic political identity and engagement defy categorization. The complexities of political realities and the human nature of such institutions as church and government often produce a more fractured reality than the pure unity depicted in doctrine. Yet, in 2003 under the leadership of then-prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life. The note explicitly asserts, The Christian faith is an integral unity, and thus it is incoherent t.

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