Catholic Michael Steele takes over leadership of RNC
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Washington DC, Jan 30, 2009 / 07:29 pm
(<http://www.catholicnewsagency.com>CNA).- The Republican National
Committee has chosen Michael Steele, a devout Catholic who is
well-known for his charisma and strong work ethic, as its new chairman.
Steele, who previously served as the lieutenant governor of Maryland,
is the first black chairman of the Republican Party. He was selected
after six rounds of voting with 91 votes out of a possible 168.
Steele beat out Ken Blackwell, Ohio's former secretary of state, and
Saul Anuzis, Michigan GOP chairman, to win the chairmanship.
Some Republicans questioned Steele's conservative credentials during
the campaigning for the chairmanship because of his past association
with Christie Todd Whitman's Republican Leadership Council (RLC).
Many conservatives within the Party ridiculed the RLC's "big tent"
philosophy, which they say attempted to bring pro-abortion candidates
onto the Republican ticket.
Deal Hudson, a Catholic political commentator, explained that he
first became convinced of Steele's pro-life convictions by a 2003
meeting he invited Steele to with the U.S. Catholic bishops'
executive committee.
According to Hudson, Steele spoke "very directly, but diplomatically,
to the bishops about their need to promote the pro-life cause with
greater vigor. He talked about his disappointment with their
leadership and its consequences among the African-American
community. When he finished talking there was a powerful silence in
the room."
Steele's pro-life credentials were even further verified by his 2006
Senate run in Maryland, Hudson said.
The new chaiman was in good spirits Friday as he accepted the top
post of the Republican National Committee. "It's time for something
completely different, and we're gonna bring it to them," he said,
according to FOX News. "Get ready, baby. It's time to turn it on."
"People like Mike," former Governor of Maryland Robert Ehrlich Jr.
told the Baltimore Sun. "He's really charismatic. He's a really solid
person. He's a solid family guy."
Michael Steele's Catholic roots include attending Archbishop Carroll
High School in Washington D.C. and then, in 1981, entering the
seminary to study for the Augustinian Friars at Villanova University
in Pennsylvania.
After completing the pre-novitiate period, Steele entered the
novitiate for the Augustinians in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Six months
later, he decided to pursue a career in law.
"Michael was a very bright, articulate man who I would say gave
himself very sincerely to the whole process of discernment," Fr.
Francis J. Doyle, who was Steele's novice master and spiritual
director, told the Baltimore Sun.
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