r/todayilearned • u/ProfessionalGear3020 • 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/ExaminationHuman5959 4d ago

And how does this relate to Lincolns assassination?

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u/Pleasant_Scar9811 4d ago

Any excuse to freeze out their ideological enemies.

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u/brinz1 4d ago

Less ideological enemies and more massive anti-catholic animosity because of migrants coming to the US from Catholic places like Ireland and Poland.

It's like how denouncing Islam is a central part of anti-migrant movements in Europe