The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio still has the spark of a politician who feels he owes his success to things greater than himself.

Marco Rubio: America’s Favorite New Catholic

by Charlie Spiering

Today, Rubio has emerged a stronger political force, although he has yet to boast a long track record of legislative success.  Rubio helped lead the battle in the Senate by co-sponsoring the Blunt Amendment in the Senate, a failed attempt to restore the right for religious freedom for employers in the wake of the HHS mandate issued by the Obama administration.

Although baptized a Catholic, Rubio’s parents joined the Mormon faith after they moved to Las Vegas as a young child, while his family lived in Las Vegas. Rubio explains that even as a youth he told his family he wanted to return to the Catholic faith, after watching a papal Mass broadcast on television during the Easter season.  A similar situation happened in his own family, as his wife was drawn to an evangelical Church, which he attended because of its “accessible and contemporary” message.

Eventually, he writes he was drawn back to the Catholic Church, thanks to some help from a friend who gave him books by Scott Hahn, which showed him the richness of the Catholic tradition.

“A deep, almost mysterious, emotion attachment pulled me back into the church,” he writes. “The challenges of the church’s teachings and sacred traditions inspired me to not just practice Catholic liturgy, but comprehend it. By 2005, Rubio was reading the popular Magnificat periodical and attending daily Mass with his friend.

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