{"id":8794,"date":"2011-05-11T16:36:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T20:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=8794"},"modified":"2014-02-04T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:14:04","slug":"newt-gingrich-the-constant-pressure-of-secularism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2011\/05\/11\/newt-gingrich-the-constant-pressure-of-secularism\/8794\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich: \u201cThe Constant Pressure of Secularism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/rss\/media\/video\/episode.1437.gingrich.catholic.m4v -->On Wednesday, May 11, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich formally announced he is seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for president. Watch excerpts from his April 27 speech at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, where he talked about the religious influence of his wife, Callista, his 2009 conversion to Catholicism, and his concerns about what he sees as rising secularism in American culture.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch excerpts from a speech where Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich discusses his 2009 conversion to Catholicism and his concerns about rising secularism in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2011\/05\/11\/newt-gingrich-the-constant-pressure-of-secularism\/8794\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":17367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17914,4166,9825,9824,1819,6410,1033,5843],"class_list":["post-8794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-catholic","tag-conversion","tag-national-catholic-prayer-breakfast","tag-newt-gingrich","tag-pope-john-paul-ii","tag-presidential-candidates","tag-republicans","tag-secularism","topics-politics","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newt Gingrich: \u201cThe Constant Pressure of Secularism\u201d | May 11, 2011 | Religion &amp; 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