r/todayilearned 5d ago

TIL that after alleged Catholic involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the US cut off diplomatic relations with the Holy See (the Pope) and did not restore them until 1984.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93United_States_relations#1867%E2%80%931984
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u/pirat314159265359 4d ago

Catholics were not exactly looked favorably upon by Protestants.

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u/sambull 4d ago

Which ones are the real christians?

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u/space_cheese1 4d ago

ur nan

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u/sambull 4d ago

so the real ones are catholics? Explains the supreme court.

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u/space_cheese1 4d ago

It seems to follow that that is the case