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Baptized Catholic-Turned-‘Minnesota Lutheran’ Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Nebraska … Catholic
Tim Walz identifies himself as a “Minnesota Lutheran.” But long before that, he was a Nebraska Catholic.
Walz, 60, doesn’t say much about religion publicly, though he says he became a Lutheran after he got married in 1994.
He has described his family as New Deal Democrats. The Minneapolis Star Tribunedescribed Walz in October 2018 as “steeped in the Catholic social justice traditions of his parents.”
“Growing up Catholic, we had John Kennedy memorabilia in the house,” Walz told Minnesota Public Radio, according to The Independent. He noted that his mother was pregnant with him when Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, “and I guess there was a debate about calling me ‘John’ when she was picking names.”
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Tim Walz identifies himself as a “Minnesota Lutheran.” But long before that, he was a Nebraska Catholic.
Walz, 60, doesn’t say much about religion publicly, though he says he became a Lutheran after he got married in 1994.
He has described his family as New Deal Democrats. The Minneapolis Star Tribunedescribed Walz in October 2018 as “steeped in the Catholic social justice traditions of his parents.”
“Growing up Catholic, we had John Kennedy memorabilia in the house,” Walz told Minnesota Public Radio, according to The Independent. He noted that his mother was pregnant with him when Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, “and I guess there was a debate about calling me ‘John’ when she was picking names.”
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Tim Walz’s Catholic Roots
Baptized Catholic-Turned-‘Minnesota Lutheran’ Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Nebraska … Catholic
