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10 things you should know about Catholics and the American Founding

July 4, 2025 Bradley J. Birzer 34

In my essay “10 Things You Should Know About the American Founding” I focused on some little-known facts about the American Founding in general. The final three of those “10 things” mentioned Catholics and Catholicism, […]

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Catholicism and the American Founding

July 3, 2023 Bradley J. Birzer 38

Natural Law, common law, Natural Rights, and localism—all so dear to the Founding—existed in 1776, simply put, because of the Catholic Church. […]

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The complicated story of Catholicism, religious tolerance, and early America

November 30, 2021 James Matthew Wilson 8

For the Catholic Church, America has never been just a nation or a state. It constitutes rather a political and theological problem. That is as much the case now as it has ever been. The […]

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Catholicism during the Colonial period: An interview with Fr. Charles Connor

March 22, 2018 Paul Senz 4

“I really don’t think,” says Fr. Connor, author of a new history of Catholicism during the colonial period, “our Catholic people know sufficiently how much […]

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