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Hidden Religion in Washington, by David G Bonagura, Jr. – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Hidden Religion in Washington, by David G Bonagura, Jr.

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The Carey Bible, 1790 [Woodstock Theological Library, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.]. Published by Matthew Carey, this version of the 1609 Douay-Rheims English edition was the first Catholic Bible published in the United States.

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing, June 4, 2025

David G. Bonagura, Jr. is the author, most recently, of 100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles to Faith Today, and the translator of Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning. An adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s Seminary and Catholic International University, he serves as the religion editor of The University Bookman, a review of books founded in 1960 by Russell Kirk. His personal website is here.

Note: Friends, The Catholic Thing, like all things, lives and moves and has its being in the One True God. But its earthly survival depends on you. All of you. Generously giving together to keep things going. We only come to you twice a year with hat in hand – but now’s the time again. Please take a minute to ensure that we will all be here for the rest of this year and for many years to come. – Robert Royal

In 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which restricted child labor. Congress believed that children possessed an intrinsic value above monetary quantification. In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which forbade discrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin. Congress believed that all human beings were created equal and therefore due equal treatment under the law.

In 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, which forbade discrimination against those with disabilities. Congress believed that physical abilities, or lack of them, do not constitute the essence of a person. His essence, by extension, comes from some other source, and the government is not it. ….

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