Catholic Church and politics in the United States
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Catholic Church and politics in the United States
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Members of the Catholic Church have been active in the elections of the United States since the mid-19th century. The United States has never had religious parties. There has never been an American Catholic religious party, either local, state or national. In 1776 Catholics comprised less than 1% of the population of the new nation, but their presence grew rapidly after 1840 with immigration from Germany, Ireland, and later from Italy, Poland and elsewhere in Catholic Europe from 1840 to 1914, a
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Overview of the largest Christian church's influence on American leadership and culture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics_in_the_United_States
date created:
2006-04-30T19:15:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T05:21:21Z
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