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Article: McCain rejects televangelist's anti-Catholic views
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2008
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain
on Friday repudiated any views of a prominent televangelist who
endorsed him last month "if they are anti-Catholic or offensive to
Catholics."
McCain has come under fire since televangelist John Hagee
endorsed him on Feb. 27, but until Friday his response had been
tepid. The Arizona senator merely said he doesn't agree with
everyone who endorses him. He said Friday he had been hearing from
Catholics who find Hagee's comments offensive.
Hagee, leader of a San Antonio megachurch, has referred to the
Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and called it a "false
cult system" and "the apostate church" - "apostate" means someone ...
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