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Posted at 05:41 PM ET, 10/12/2012

Green: ‘Joe Biden might not be the perfect liberal Catholic, but boy, he comes pretty close’

By Georgetown/ On Faith

“Joe Biden might not be the perfect liberal Catholic, but boy, he comes pretty close. Paul Ryan might be a tad more libertarian than your average conservative Catholic, but he’s not far off.”

John Green, Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, on the Catholic divide in the 2012 vice-Presidential debate.

Read more in the Faith 2012 Quote Archives.

Vice President Joe Biden with wife Dr. Jill Biden on the steps of the State House in Concord, N.H., on Sept. 21, 2012. (AP)

By Georgetown/ On Faith | 05:41 PM ET, 10/12/2012

Tags: Catholic; 2012 election; politics; 2012 campaign; Biden; Roman Catholic Church; Quote of the Day; Faith 2012 Quote Archives

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