Recalling the experience of 1928 Catholic Democratic presidential nominee Al Smith, many wondered if anti-Catholic prejudice would hurt Kennedy's chances of winning the nomination and the election in November.

He was in demand as a public lecturer and frequently spoke against anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States.

He's undoubtedly the most high-profile composer of religious music in the country, and has become a vocal defender of Catholic rights against what he sees as ingrained anti-Catholic prejudice in his native city.

By the mid-20th century, the Catholic Church in the United States had managed to overcome much of the deeply entrenched anti-Catholic prejudice that marked the nativist reactions of the 19th century.

Now, granted, anti-Catholic prejudice isn't new, and, as we've seen, the long march against Christianity in the public schools and elsewhere has been going on for decades, but what we can't ignore is that America wasn't always hostile to Christianity.

The mixture of religious and national identities on both sides reinforces both anti-Catholic and anti-Protestant sectarian prejudice in the province.

His depiction of her as a cold and cruel person seems to be connected both to Twain's outspoken atheism and to the strong anti-Catholic prejudice prevalent in American society at the time of writing.

The stories of clergy abuse that started appearing in the mid-80's reanimated ancient stereotypes of lascivious priests, but Mr. Jenkins makes clear that anti-Catholic prejudice was not the culprit.

Later that year, they encountered a resurgence of anti-Catholic prejudice when, on 5 September 1854, a march through the city was held by 3,000 members of the Orange Order.

Bethany College was also the place where John F. Kennedy began to meet head on the anti-Catholic prejudice that threatened his candidacy for President.