anti-Catholic

adjective

1. opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Roman Catholic Church

noun

1. someone opposed to the Roman Catholic Church and its adherents

   he called him an anti-Catholic

Other Word Forms

• anti-Catholicism noun

Example Sentences

In a post on X, Patel said that the attacker "left multiple anti-Catholic, anti-religious references" written on guns and in notes uncovered by investigators.

From BBC

Two children were killed and 17 others injured in an incident that the FBI is treating as an anti-Catholic hate crime.

From BBC

Campaigners have accused Lady Astor of being anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic and a Nazi sympathiser but supporters say she was a victim of misogyny and was "opposed to Nazism".

From BBC

The court’s conservatives, all of whom were raised as Catholics, trace the history of opposition to “sectarian” schools to 19th century anti-Catholic “bigotry.”

From Los Angeles Times

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