Kresta in the Afternoon – September 27, 2023 – Hour 1
Many colonial thinkers were skeptical of Catholics’ ability to stay loyal to both country and Church. How did they overcome this bias? We talk with Michael Breidenbach.
Colonial Catholics and the Transformation of Liberty
Colonial Catholics were viewed with great suspicion. Many thinkers of the time doubted Catholics’ ability to separate country from pope, and thus declared them to be “dangerous until proven loyal.” Yet Catholics went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and helped draft the First Amendment. We talk with Michael Breidenbach about how those colonial Catholics transformed the idea of liberty.