anti-Catholic
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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 • Feb. 5, 2026
“The Catholic organizations that are demonizing the Sisters and saying that they are somehow hateful or anti-Catholic have it completely backwards,” Wiener said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023
It isn’t anti-Catholic, anti-parents or anti-anything except spies, terrorists and organized crime.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023
Even if Henry had shared Charles I's philosophy on divine rule, his personality, leadership qualities, and anti-Catholic sentiments may have succeeded in appeasing Parliament and avoiding the English Civil War.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2022
Davis was accused of being anti-Catholic, and was systematically attacked by O’Connell’s followers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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