The Liberal Catholic Legacy: From Strict Separation to 'Social Justice' - Crisis Magazine

The Liberal Catholic Legacy: From Strict Separation to 'Social Justice' - Crisis Magazine: John F. Kennedy delivered a memorable speech in the presidential campaign of 1960, proclaiming the absolute separation of church and state.  His words still reverberate among American Catholics, as we saw during the primary season of 2012 when Senator Rick Santorum said Kennedy’s speech made him “throw up.”  Naturally, this got our attention and made …