Gingrich's film on JP 2 is 'act of devotion'

On top of it all, he is considering a run for the presidency in 2012.

And in early June, Gingrich and his wife, Callista, were in Warsaw, Poland, and then Rome for the debut of their new documentary, "Nine Days That Changed the World." It chronicles Pope John Paul II's nine-day pilgrimage to Poland in 1979 and examines the event's significant role in the fall of Soviet communism.

"If you look at most of the secular history of the period, they don't cover the impact of the church," Gingrich said in a May 24 telephone interview with The Southern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of San Diego.

The couple made the documentary "almost as an act of devotion," Gingrich said.


http://ncronline.org/news/gingrichs-film-jp-2-act-devotion

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Nothing worse than when right wing politicians suck up to the religious right; both Church and State suffer!

Sleazey, slimy, scumbag.
And the sheep all say "baaahhhh!"

He's probably aiming for the primaries; they generally support the Republicans in the general election. More and more of the bishops are right wingers, too. There used to be at least some from the left wing, but not in the last 20 years.

The left wing Catholics are still supporters of the Democrats, but more and more of them are leaving the institutional Church.

If he wins the Republican nomination in 2012 he will have the fundies, extreme right, militarists and corporate support. Bringing in the Catholic vote will insure his victory. I assume this is his plan, anyway. It was Catholic Democrats that helped elect Saint Ronnie.