A candidate in the Catholic Church is someone in the process of becoming a member of the Catholic faith who has already been baptized in another Christian Church by means recognized by the Catholic Church (i.e. done in the name of the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit). A person converting who has not been previously baptized is known as a Catechumen.
Candidates are those who were baptized outside of Catholic Church and are preparing to enter the Catholic Church.
Catechumens are those who were never baptized anywhere and are preparing to enter the Catholic Church.
The Catholic president candidate that ran in 1928 was Al Smith.
The word 'coattails' has a special meaning in terms of governmental elections. It particularly is used in terms of the political influence of a strong presidential candidate. Such a candidate causes other party members to be elected or re-elected just by being in the same party as the popular, respected candidate. It's called 'getting people elected on someone else's coattails'.
Prospective candidate
Someone who is going to be receiving confirmation in the Catholic Church is typically referred to as a "confirmation candidate."
You are usually called a Candidate
In the United States the qualifications to be the US President are the following: * the candidate must be at least 35 years of age; * the candidate must be a natural born US citizen; * the candidate must have been a resident within the United States for fourteen years; and * no candidate can serve more than two elected terms.
Al Smith was the first Catholic candidate for a regular political party who did not win the election.
His age and the fact that he was Catholic.
That person is usually called a sponsor.
That person is usually called a sponsor.
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. When a Catholic does not share a candidate's stand in favour of abortion and/or euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons.
In terms of religion, it is the Catholic Church. In terms of a building Saint Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Armagh would be the main church.