No, they did not dislike Catholics.
Vienna State Opera was created in 1869.
State of Shock - band - was created in 1999.
Penn State Blue Band was created in 1899.
The State of Things - radio show - was created in 2004.
Catholics for Choice was created in 1973.
Federated Colored Catholics was created in 1925.
I know of no country that was started by Catholics to avoid persecution by the British. However, one of the colonies, Maryland, was created as a refuge for English Catholics. Later it became the state of Maryland.
Maryland was originally claimed by Catholics.
Maryland was originally claimed by Catholics.
Lord Baltimore, Ceclius Calvert, created the colony of Maryland for Catholics.
Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania was created in 1930.
Maryland was a colony founded as a haven for Catholics.
Clarification concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons was created in 1981.
The state of Virginia is served by the dioceses of Arlington and Richmond. According to Catholic-Hierarchy.org, in 2004 the Diocese of Arlington had 391,001 Catholics and the Diocese of Richmond had 212,189 making 603,190 total Catholics in the state of Virginia.
Maryland
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