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ACH085: Ever since he died, there has been speculation that George Washington converted to Catholicism on his deathbed. Tom and Noëlle Crowe look at the reasons why some think our first President did and the attitudes and actions in his life that were favorable toward Catholics.

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Links for this episode:

• The American Catholic Historical Researches, 1900
• George Washington and Catholics – Catholic Stand
• George Washington and Catholicism · George Washington’s Mount Vernon
• The Founders’ Tolerance – George Washington, John Adams, George Mason, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington and the Basilica of Saint Mary – The Basilica of Saint Mary
• George Washington: Champion of Religious Freedom | National Review
• George Washington’s Letter to Catholics and Colonial Religious Liberty
• From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport …
• American Catholic History pilgrimage to the Kentucky Catholic Holy Land in 2021

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