"Practicing Catholic"

Judge Roberts is a "practicing Catholic". This according to Feddie at Southern Appeal. Nathan in the comments for one of the recent posts states this also.

UPDATE I: More on this aspect from the Chicago Tribune:

"He's just a good, solid Midwest guy," said Bob MacLaverty, who roomed with Roberts their senior year of high school at the La Lumiere School, a private school in La Porte, Ind. "He is absolutely the same guy. It's refreshing to see. Very sharp, but not arrogant at all."

At that time, La Lumiere School was a small all-boys school that had been founded a few years earlier by Catholics who wanted a school for their sons. Though the classes had only about 25 students each, the school had a strong reputation for academics and fielding solid sports teams.

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Shannen Coffin, a Washington lawyer who has worked with and argued against Roberts, said he was also willing to take on cases that didn't necessarily mold with his personal political views. He described Roberts as a "traditional Catholic" who does not talk about his religion.

"He's a guy who'll show up for mass on Sunday and that's sort of his own business," said Coffin, who attends the same church.

(HT: IrishLaw at Confirm Them, who wonders how Roberts' Catholicism may influence his judicial philosophy.)

UPDATE II: The NYT is reporting that Judge Roberts and his wife are "devout Catholics".

UPDATE III: From CNS:

Roberts is a native of Buffalo, N.Y., who moved with his family to Long Beach, Ind., when he was in elementary school. There he attended Catholic elementary and high schools. He was captain of the football team and class president at La Lumiere, a Catholic college prep school, before going on to earn undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard.

His wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, is also an attorney who graduated from Holy Cross College and Georgetown University's law school. She also has degrees from Brown University in Rhode Island and Melbourne University in Australia.

She has been active in Feminists for Life, and is a member of the board of governors of the John Carroll Society, a Catholic lay organization that sponsors the annual Washington archdiocesan Red Mass before the opening of the Supreme Court term.

The Robertses, who have two children, are members of Little Flower Parish in Bethesda, Md., near their home in Chevy Chase, Md.

If confirmed, Roberts would be the 11th Catholic ever to serve on the court and the fourth among current members, joining Justices Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia.

UPDATE IV: Feddie at Southern Appeal reports on a some comments made by Howard Fineman on Roberts being Catholic and Hugh Hewitt's response.