Catholic Integralism Is the Wrong Kind of Integration

A religion can have outsized influence without violating the Constitution. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Editor’s Note: This essay has been adapted from an excerpt of Not to Caesar but to Peter by William J. Haun, published by Angelico Press. A younger generation of Catholics wants a more coherent defense of the institutional church. They never knew the America that made plausible what Father John Courtney Murray called “the great act of trust”—that is, individual Americans protecting the liberty of the Catholic Church and religious exercise purely with natural law arguments. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source William J. Haun is a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. He is also the author of Not to Caesar but to Peter: Why the Catholic Church Is a Perfect Society (Angelico Press). More We Think You’d Like