Comments on: Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President

By: Jalane Schmidt

Jalane Schmidt — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:28:08 +0000

The anti-Catholic tenor of this Switzerland meeting is not a figment of Casey’s imagination, but rather a well-documented fact: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/31/us/beliefs-627392.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/C/Christians%20and%20Christianity

By: Eugene Pistorese

Eugene Pistorese — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:20:23 +0000

While I will agree with Tom that Casey’s conclusions and his evidence are contextualized to match his views, everyone does some of that contextualizing no matter how we may try not to, Billy Graham was a Baptist. Being Baptist in the 60s, and even into the present day in some places, usually meant being anti-Catholic since nearly all Baptists, and many other Protestants, believed that the Roman Catholic Church was “the Great Whore” described in the book of Revelations. It is not a stretch for me to believe that Graham was anti-Catholic. That he also was apparently a political opportunist who was willing to misrepresent himself is sad, and I hope that Casey was overstating the point about calling Johnson.

By: Tom Niemeier

Tom Niemeier — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:12:33 +0000

I can see that Graham might have a meeting to promote Nixon support but I have a hard time thinking the meeting was anti-Catholic. Looks like a subjective conclusion on Casey’s part to substantiate his viewpoinnt.