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[–] 26686951? [S] ago  (edited ago)

American Catholics, a very small percentage of the population of the 13 colonies, 1.6 percent, were overwhelmingly patriots and played a role in the American Revolution out of all proportion to the small fragment of the American people they represented. Among the Catholics who assumed leadership roles in the fight for our liberty were:

  • General Stephen Moylan a noted cavalry commander and the first Muster Master-General of the Continental Army.
  • Captains Joshua Barney and John Barry, two of the most successful naval commanders in the American Revolution.
  • Colonel John Fitzgerald was a trusted aide and private secretary to General George Washington.
  • Father Pierre Gibault, Vicar General of Illinois, whose aid was instrumental in the conquest of the Northwest for America by George Rogers Clark.
  • Thomas Fitzsimons served as a Pennsylvania militia company commander during the Trenton campaign. Later in the War he helped found the Pennsylvania state navy. After the War he was one of the two Catholic signers of the U.S. Constitution in 1787
  • Colonel Thomas Moore led a Philadelphia regiment in the War.
  • Major John Doyle led a group of elite riflemen during the War.

Sauce: https://catholicstand.com/catholics-in-the-american-revolution/

[–] 26686974? ago 

Then the next generation they all became brainwashed traitors.

The end.

[–] 26687104? [S] ago  (edited ago)

Wrong, the subsequent generations struggled against anti-Catholic bigotry of all forms (rivaling even anti-black sentiment in some areas)! Rather than playing the victim card though, Catholics got busy building an incredible system of schools and hospitals, throughout the entire country. Local Catholics banded together to build churches everywhere -- many per square mile, in the cities, as all different ethnic immigrant populations arrived, fleeing from outright persecution (e.g., in Ireland, England, Germany, etc.), and for many years, the Church has helped America become and remain healthy, moral, and strong. This is why people like Antonio Gramsci (an Italian communist) recognized her as an obstacle to seizing the West, and he encouraged communists to infiltrate Western institutions -- churches, universities, schools, etc., to gain control from inside and twist them to their own purposes. We reap the effects of that infiltration now, however there have been and continue to be faithful and patriotic Catholics fighting these evils on many fronts.

If you care at all about the health of America, faithful Catholics should be supported in this struggle, as should those fighting against secular humanism in the schools, media, entertainment, and all Western institutions.