{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Steven Waldman","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman","author_name":"swaldman","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/author\/swaldman","title":"How Anti-Catholicism Helped Fuel the American Revolution - Steven Waldman","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dSrJJmbc2P\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/04\/how-anticatholicism-helped-fue.html\">How Anti-Catholicism Helped Fuel the American Revolution<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/04\/how-anticatholicism-helped-fue.html\/embed#?secret=dSrJJmbc2P\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How Anti-Catholicism Helped Fuel the American Revolution&#8221; &#8212; Steven Waldman\" data-secret=\"dSrJJmbc2P\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Pope Benedict XI, it is said, admires America\u2019s religious freedom and history. I do too, especially where we have ended up. But as we focus this week on the role of Catholics in America, it\u2019s worth remembering just how loathed Catholics were at the founding of this nation. Indeed, to an extent rarely acknowledged anti-Catholicism&hellip;"}