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Seeds of Faith in a Revolutionary Land - The Catholic History of the United States

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Industrialization fueled mass immigration and strengthened Southern plantations, creating the economic tensions that fractured the nation.

Host Steve Guerra introduces a new series on the history of the Catholic Church in the United States, tracing its origins from early European explorations through the American Revolution and setting the stage for the period leading to the Civil War. The episode provides essential background on key historical events and the complex social forces that shaped both the nation and the church within it.

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A broad, well-anchored opening that traces Catholic roots in North America before the Revolution.

Steve Guerra opens the new history series by stepping back before the Revolution and tracing how Catholic life first took root in North America. He moves from Greenland and the Caribbean to Tristan de Luna y Arellano in Pensacola, then to the first mass at St.

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You get the broad Catholic map of North America before 1776 becomes the main line.

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