Did the pope just endorse a Democratic candidate in Rhode Island?

Published November 3, 2014 8:44pm ET



Pope Francis most likely won’t intervene in any race for Rhode Island governor, but that’s not the impression you’d get from a new flyer supporting Democratic nominee Gina Raimondo.

“She is Church,” the flyer reads, employing an expression that is not common — in fact, rarely or never used at all — among Catholics.

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