What was the journey of Catholicism from being viewed with extreme suspicion (Kennedy swearing his independence from the Pope) to dominating the highest levels of the legal profession and having a lot of sway in government?

by Licklt

Obviously the most prominent example of this, 6 of the 9 Supreme Court positions being held by Catholics cannot be discussed because of the 20 year rule, but such a dramatic change, from ostracization to influential, is too big for it to have started in the last two decades.

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