anti-Catholic
adjective
an·ti-Cath·o·lic
ˌan-tē-ˈkath-lik 
-ˈka-thə-,
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to or hostile toward the Catholic church
anti-Catholic sentiment
anti-Catholicism
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈthä-lə-ˌsi-zəm
noun
ˌan-tī-
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And this year, the battle for their votes has gotten aggressive as former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that Vice President Kamala Harris has been anti-Catholic.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Trump blasted Harris for declining to attend, accusing her in a social media post of being anti-Catholic.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Bill the Butcher, was a real-life gang leader in mid-19th century New York City who advocated for violence against immigrants and advanced anti-Catholic views in the country.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Gretchen Whitmer is only the latest example of the gross anti-Catholic bigotry festering inside the Democratic Party.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Oct. 2024
Harris was a publisher and writer who had fled England amid backlash for printing anti-Catholic pamphlets.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
In the 1830s, the Know-Nothing Party organized around an anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic platform, leading to mob violence from supporters during its campaigns.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
By the 1850s, the Know-Nothing movement, bitterly opposed to immigration, had set up anti-Catholic lodges across the nation.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Most anti-Catholic and anti-Mason conspiracies in the United States have atrophied this way, and in the Middle East, conspiracies about French or Soviet meddling have mostly disappeared, too.
—Matthew Gray, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2011
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Trump blasted Harris for declining to attend, accusing her in a social media post of being anti-Catholic.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Bill the Butcher, was a real-life gang leader in mid-19th century New York City who advocated for violence against immigrants and advanced anti-Catholic views in the country.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Gretchen Whitmer is only the latest example of the gross anti-Catholic bigotry festering inside the Democratic Party.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Oct. 2024
Harris was a publisher and writer who had fled England amid backlash for printing anti-Catholic pamphlets.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
In the 1830s, the Know-Nothing Party organized around an anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic platform, leading to mob violence from supporters during its campaigns.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
By the 1850s, the Know-Nothing movement, bitterly opposed to immigration, had set up anti-Catholic lodges across the nation.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Most anti-Catholic and anti-Mason conspiracies in the United States have atrophied this way, and in the Middle East, conspiracies about French or Soviet meddling have mostly disappeared, too.
—Matthew Gray, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2011
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“Anti-Catholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Catholic. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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