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Download Issue Is it True What They Say About Catholics? No. But as Harvard historian Arthur Schles- Noonan Jr., Daniel Bell, Ronda Chervin, Christo. inger Sr. observed, prejudice against the Catholic pher Lasch, Peter Kreeft, Juli Loesch Wiley Church is "the deepest bias in the history of the Robert Cotes, John Lukacs, Robert Bellah American people." Sheldon Vanauken, Thomas Molnar, Aver, For example, among fundamentalists there's Dulles, Amitai Etzioni, Will Campbell, Stanley that whopper of a myth that the Pope is the Anti- Hauerwas. Christ, the Catholic Church is the Whore of Baby- We cover a wide range of issues, includin lon, and Catholics aren't really Christians. 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