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October 5, 2016

Faith and politics take the stage in last minutes of U.S. vice presidential debate

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the Democratic nominee for vice president, and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the Republican nominee, speak during their vice presidential debate Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.

WASHINGTON – In opening remarks during the U.S. vice presidential candidates' debate Oct. 4, each candidate alluded to faith but they didn't return to how their beliefs influenced their political views until the last 10 minutes of the night.

Published in International
August 11, 2016

Kaine, Trump address faithful of different stripes

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, left, speaks at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center in Columbus, Ohio, on July 31, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein At right, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at an American Renewal Project event at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 11, 2016.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine, recounting his work as a missionary and his role as a tenor in his Catholic church choir, cheered the efforts of a historically black Baptist denomination to get out the vote this election season.

Published in International
July 29, 2016

Can Clinton-Kaine bring Catholic voters back to the Democrats?

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton smiles with her vice presidential running mate Sen. Tim Kaine after accepting the nomination on the fourth and final night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016.

PHILADELPHIA – If there is one constant in this unconventional presidential campaign it is the unpredictability — and importance — of the Catholic vote.

Published in International
July 25, 2016

Clinton's VP pick, a Catholic, faces criticism for his stand on abortion

U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is seen in Miami July 23.

WASHINGTON – Only a week after Donald Trump chose as his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who was raised a Catholic and today is evangelical, Hillary Clinton chose as her vice presidential running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a practicing Catholic who has never lost an election, as her vice presidential running mate.

Published in International