6 Ways That Hillary Clinton’s Vice President Pick Resembles Pope Francis

Safe. Boring. Uninspiring. These are the most common words describing Hillary Clinton’s newly minted running mate, Tim Kaine, whom she selected as her vice president on Friday evening.

But the the former governor and current senator from Virginia isn’t your run-of-the-mill moderate. In fact, he’s the closest thing to an American Pope Francis. Much like Secretary Clinton, he attributes his political activism to his deeply rooted religious values. His Catholic identity might make the secular far left unenthusiastic, but perhaps he’ll capture some of the “Francis effect.” Here’s why....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/22/3801337/tim-kaine-pope-francis-faith/