Catholics on watch for questions of Roberts’ faith

Following President Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts for the U.S. Supreme Court, RNS is reporting on Catholic groups who said today that they will make sure the constitutional ban on any “religious test” for higher office is not used against Roberts, a devout Catholic. After another Catholic, William Pryor, saw his nomination stalled in […]

Following President Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts for the U.S. Supreme Court, RNS is reporting on Catholic groups who said today that they will make sure the constitutional ban on any “religious test” for higher office is not used against Roberts, a devout Catholic. After another Catholic, William Pryor, saw his nomination stalled in 2003 over questions of his “deeply held religious beliefs,” Catholic activists said they would not allow Roberts to face the same scrutiny. “A person’s religious faith, and how they live that faith as an individual, has no bearing and no place in the confirmation hearing,” said Joe Cella, president of a new Catholic group, Fidelis, formed to support conservative judges.

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