Sentences with phrase «observant catholic»

Sayward, an observant Catholic, gave an emotional speech on the Assembly floor that day, describing how she had come to terms with the fact that her son, Glenn, is gay.

The observant Catholic Church in America has become smaller, but also more genuinely observant.

Indeed, they played such a significant role that it would be impossible to discuss American letters in the mid-twentieth century responsibly without both examining a considerable number of observant Catholic authors and recognizing the impact of their religious conviction on their artistry.

And though Biden has ruffled the feathers of church authorities on the abortion question, he is an observant Catholic who attends church regularly and met with Pope John Paul II four times.

Not exact matches

The result was increased Catholic defection to the GOP, but by two very different groups: traditionalists motivated by social and foreign policy issues, and the less religiously observant enticed by Reagan's promises of prosperity.

Again, as with the Protestants, Catholic Perot voters were drawn from the least religiously observant.

As in Spanish America, missions were undertaken, mostly by religious orders which reflected the Catholic Reformation — Jesuits, Observant Franciscans, and Capuchins.

In one of the more remarkable recent elections Turner, an Irish Catholic who had never been to Israel, defeated David Weprin, an observant Jew who strongly and actively supported Israel and who had visited Israel multiple times.

I am dreaming that Christopher Stasheff might write more of the stuff that made me fall in love with him — do you have any idea what it was like to be a serious, observant but ignorant little Catholic Girl, and run into not just Catholic Friendly but Explicitly Catholic fantasy!?!?