anti-Catholic

Example Sentences

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By the 1840s, anti-Catholic nativists insisted that the foreign-born should likewise be excluded, or at least compelled to wait longer than the customary five years of residency before earning voting rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

While some critics have accused Mantel of promoting anti-Catholic propaganda and treating Cromwell a little too kindly, she, unlike Foxe, does not shy away from the blood that trails Cromwell's ascent.

From Salon

Sixty years earlier, the specter of anti-Catholic prejudice led Kennedy to address the question of how his Catholicism would affect his conduct in the White House.

From Salon

Like every other American, Samuel Alito is free to practice his faith as he wishes, and there is a long history of anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States that has unjustly questioned the loyalty of Catholic Americans and their ability to hold public office.

From Slate

But the movie isn’t wholly anti-Catholic.

From New York Times