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Jul 18, 2016 · By the mid-1990s, the Catholic side had receded and he joined Grace Evangelical Church in Indianapolis, a mega-church affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America (a...
- Emily Mcfarlan Miller
- He was raised Catholic, attended an evangelical megachurch and recently met the pope. Pence has described himself as a “born-again, evangelical Catholic.”
- He has supported causes important to evangelicals since his time as a congressman. As a member of the U.S. House from 2000 until his election as governor, Pence had a “reputation as a culture warrior (that) was unsullied,” according to Roll Call.
- He clashed with the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis over refugees. As governor, Pence clashed with the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis when he halted state support for efforts to relocate refugees, citing security concerns.
- He supports Israel. Before Trump announced Pence as his running mate, pundits floated the former governor as a good pick because his strong pro-Israel sentiment would shore up Trump’s shaky relationship with Jewish voters.
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Jul 20, 2016 · As a teenager, Mike Pence was the youth coordinator for the Bartholomew County Democrats. All four of the Pence brothers were altar boys at their church, St. Columba, and attended its...
Nov 15, 2022 · Pence was raised Roman Catholic and was baptized at St. Columba in Columbus, Ind., where he and his brothers served as altar boys and attended parochial school, as The New York Times reported in 2016. They also attended church six days a week, if not seven. “Our life revolved around the church,” one of his older brothers told the Times.
- Dan Clarendon
- He Clashed with The Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis Over Refugees.
- He Supports Israel.
- He Signed Indiana’s Controversial “Religious Freedom” Law.
As governor, Pence clashed with the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis when he halted state support for efforts to relocate refugees, citing security concerns. The archdiocese defied him by welcoming a Syrian family to the city anyway. In the end, the governor said that while he disagreed with the archdiocese’s action, he would not block food sta...
Before Trump announced Pence as his running mate, pundits floated the former governor as a good pick because his strong pro-Israel sentiment would shore up Trump’s shaky relationship with Jewish voters. Speaking before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in 2009, then-Rep. Pence linked his support for Israel with his faith: “Let me say emp...
Pence has stressed religious freedom throughout his political career. Last year, he addressed the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, saying, “The United States stands with all victims of religious persecution and the American people have them in our hearts — and in our prayers.” As governor, he found himself at the center ...
1. He was raised Catholic and later attended an evangelical megachurch. Growing up in an Irish Catholic family that reportedly revered the Kennedys, Pence served as an altar boy and went to...
Jul 15, 2016 · Faith Dispatches. Mike Pence’s relationship with the Catholic Church is...complicated. Michael J. O’Loughlin July 15, 2016. Late last year, Catholic Charities agencies in the Archdiocese of...
