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‘Virus’ of anti-Catholicism behind criticism of Amy Coney Barrett, says Chaput

CNA Staff, Sep 29, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Criticism of Amy Coney Barrett is part of a “virus” of anti-Catholic “bigotry,” retired Archbishop Charles Chaput said on Monday. The archbishop warned that pubic attacks on the Supreme Court nominee’s faith constitute a wider threat to religious liberty.

Chaput, long considered a leading intellectual among American Catholic bishops, retired as Archbishop of Philadelphia in January. Since then he has mostly refrained from public speaking. In his essay on Monday, he addressed the public criticism of Judge Barrett, nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump on Saturday. 

Writing in the magazine First Things, Chaput said that “those who value our First Amendment right to religious freedom should realize that tests about belief are attacks on religious liberty.” 

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