[Verginius Rufus]

Some historically Catholic countries have experienced periods of intense anti-clericalism sometimes amounting to actual warfare on the Catholic Church--France and Mexico, for example. When the Mexican government was waging war on the Catholic Church in the 1920s, some prominent Protestants in the US welcomed it, thinking it would make it easier for them to win converts in Mexico, and the Mexican President responsible was welcomed at the White House.

Of course the situation is different in the US because the Catholic Church has never been the religion favored by the government.

Unfortunately a lot of the Catholic bishops have been the enablers of a lot of the developments they now fear, by their support of Democratic politicians.

[Rashputin]

>i>"Unfortunately a lot of the Catholic bishops have been the enablers of a lot of the developments they now fear, by their support of Democratic politicians. "

The sled was going down the hill anyway but without a doubt they greased the skids. A good many of them seem to have taken Vatican II to mean that they could become a separate US Catholic Church in name and just another liberal Protestant denomination in reality. Had it not been for the enthusiastic support of a good many Bishops, Priests, and Nuns, as well as a good percentage of the Catholic folks in the pews, our current situation would probably have been delayed but I'm not sure it could have been avoided altogether.

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