Modern Ireland must have a place for Catholic Church
Being close to Him is not just a plus; it seems to be an imperative. Is the reformed church-going Catholic the real Newt Gingrich? Is Mormonism a cult or really a religion? Strangely to us, American voters are looking at their politicians through the prism of religious belief.
Yet that most religious of countries is also among the world’s most avowedly secular. There is a strict separation of church and state. In an ethnically and religiously pluralist society separation is seen as protecting both religious freedom and individual liberty.
