This news is sort of breaking and is a important story to Catholic and other faith communities. Get Religion has an inital of overview of who this man is and what he believes at Covering the faith in faith-based.
It will be interesting to see how the Press covers this. One of course wonders how the press would have covered the appointment of a political savvy Pentecostal by a Republican. As the article points out Palin's Pentecostal leanings were covered a great deal and not in a general positive light.
The article brings up again a statement that President Obama made as to faith based groups and federal grants that has troubled many. So this is an important appointment to watch
Friday, January 30, 2009
Obama Appoints 26 Year Old Pentecostal Preacher to Faith-Based Initiatives Office
Posted by James H at 1/30/2009 12:30:00 AM
Labels: Catholic, Catholic Politics, obama, Protestant, United State Catholics
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