[Clemenza]

You left out the Inquisition, the fact that The USA was founded on Catholic not Protestant or Biblical values and those festive fun days like the The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

Actually, our nation was founded on the principles of the Anglo-Scottish Enlightenment. Many of our founders (Adams and Jefferson, amongst others) were not fans of the Catholic Church, largely because they wanted to avoid Clerical intrigue and the influence of a powerful clergy on the populace.

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“Actually, our nation was founded on the principles of the Anglo-Scottish Enlightenment. Many of our founders (Adams and Jefferson, amongst others) were not fans of the Catholic Church, largely because they wanted to avoid Clerical intrigue and the influence of a powerful clergy on the populace.”

In reality many of the founders were seriously indebted to Hooker. Hooker was indebted to Aquinas. Thus, without even knowing it, many of the Founding Fathers were using Catholic principles without ever knowing it.