https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/17/why-both-parties-are-turning-away-from-catholic-policies/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:26:40 -0400<![CDATA[Perhaps not coincidentally, the mid-2000s were the last time the Catholic vision of the good society — more egalitarian than American conservatism and more moralistic than American liberalism — enjoyed real influence in U.S. politics. At the time of John Paul’s death, the Republican Party’s agenda was still stamped by George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism,” which offered a right-of-center approach to Catholic ideas about social justice. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, was looking for ways to woo the “values voters” (many of them Catholic) who had just helped Bush win re-election, and prominent Democrats were calling for a friendlier attitude toward religion and a bigger tent on social issues&#8230;]]>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:30:08 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/17/why-both-parties-are-turning-away-from-catholic-policies-n100207