Conservative influencer Michael Knowles’ speech at a CatholicVote event earlier this month was designed to convince American Catholics into erroneously believing there is nothing incompatible with the Church’s teachings and the founding of the United States. During his remarks, Knowles drew attention to the fact that “the conservative movement in America has been … disproportionately led and influenced by Catholics.” He also noted that the US government is currently being “run disproportionately by Catholics.” While referencing quotes from prominent 19th century American Catholic thinker Orestes Brownson (1803–1876) and French Liberal Catholic author Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), Knowles argued that “America is much more Catholic today than it was in 1607 or 1620 or 1776.”

Originally published in Integrity Magazine. Read original article

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