Monday, March 31, 2008

Penn's Catholic Vote Critical

Catholic Vote Critical for Dems in Pa.

Understanding Pennsylvania's rich Catholic tradition and responding to it is an article of faith for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama as the April 22 primary looms in the still unsettled and intense Democratic presidential race.

It's a way of life -- and of thinking -- well-known to the people of Scranton, a working-class city nestled in northeast Pennsylvania where earlier generations worked in the factories, mills and coal mines -- and kneeled in prayer in Catholic church pews on Sunday morning.

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