Paul's hard-edged Catholic diplomacy cut the ground from under moderate Catholics in England.

He was already prominent in the politics of the colony by 1637 or 1638, when he became a prominent leader of moderate Catholics.

More moderate Catholics found these crusades vulgar, intolerant and immoral; they could not understand them, and they in turn were not understood themselves.

Because the papacy had called for the deposing of the Queen, the choice for moderate Catholics lay between treason and damnation.

Veuillot then occupied himself by writing polemical pamphlets against moderate Catholics, the Second French Empire and the Italian government.

Familiar of Queen Catherine de' Medici, he, unlike his brother, a moderate Catholic, opposed the party of Guise.

The hard-core base of abortion opponents may be thrilled by the archbishop's tough talk, but many moderate Catholics who support abortion rights say they feel torn and alienated.

Mr. Roccio, a travel agent who considers himself a moderate Catholic, said he was happy to hear that Benedict was working to soften his image.

My son, who is being raised a moderate Catholic, has already noticed the confident certainty of his evangelical-Christian classmates.

"I seem to get cast as a lot of lay saints," said Ms. Collins, describing herself as "a moderate Catholic."