Giuliani Questioned About Catholicism

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By MIKE GLOVER
Associated Press
August 8, 2007

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that whether he was a practicing Catholic was a personal matter as he declined to answer questions about his religion.

Addressing a town-hall meeting in Iowa, the former New York mayor was asked whether he considered himself a ''traditional, practicing Roman Catholic.'' An audience member also called on Giuliani to discuss the role his faith played in making decisions on issues such as abortion.

''My religious affiliation, my religious practices and the degree to which I am a good or not so good Catholic, I prefer to leave to the priests,'' Giuliani said. ''That would be a much better way to discuss it. That's a personal discussion and they have a much better sense of how good a Catholic I am or how bad a Catholic I am.''

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