© 2025 WEKU

NPR for Northern, Central and Eastern Kentucky

Support WEKU!

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Support WEKU and join the 1850 campaign for the future! 1,850 new supporters, each giving $10 monthly to keep WEKU strong. We are down to 1275 to go! Donate today!

Pope's Visit Brings Focus To Tenuous Intersection Of Faith And Politics

NPR

Published October 4, 2015 at 5:12 PM EDT

Many Americans are reassessing Pope Francis' triumphant U.S. tour because of his meeting with Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis. Michael Steele, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a lifelong Catholic, shares his perspective and talks more faith and politics with host Michel Martin.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Support nonprofit, fact-based public service journalism

WEKU depends on support from those who view and listen to our content. There's no paywall here. Please support WEKU with your donation.

Contribute now

Related Content

NPR News

Musk forms new party after split with Trump over tax and spending bill

The Associated Press

Musk said he's carrying out his threat to form a new political party after a falling out with Trump over the president's sweeping tax cuts law.
NPR News

Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza

Anas Baba

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
Camp Mystic, now in ruins from Texas floods, was a pillar for generations of women

Paul Flahive

We have a report on Camp Mystic, a Christian camp hit by the deadly floods in Texas. Several girls attending the camp remain unaccounted for.
Trump says he's sending letters to countries with tariff terms ahead of his deadline

Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Duke University professor Tim Meyer about the looming deadline for international trade deals to be worked out and what's been accomplished thus far.
The year of the 'drumpocalypse': Why high-profile drummers are splitting from bands

Ayesha Rascoe

We speak to music journalist Christopher Weingarten about why so many high-profile drummers have either been fired or retired this year in what's been dubbed the "Drumpocalypse."