Seeds of Faith in a Revolutionary Land - The Catholic History of the United States
History of the Papacy Podcast
History of the Papacy
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🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The story of the Catholic Church in the United States doesn't begin in 1776, but that’s where this series picks up. In this opening episode, we trace the long and winding road of Catholicism in North America—from Norse Greenland to the shores of Florida and set the stage for the Church’s role in a new and rapidly changing nation. This episode also offers a sweeping overview of American history between the Revolution and the Civil War to give you context for what’s to come.
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| 0:00.0 | Want to keep God's word with you wherever you go? |
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| 0:47.8 | Welcome back to the History of the Papacy podcast, a podcast about the Popes of Rome and Christian Church. |
| 0:56.3 | Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the popes and Christianity. I am your host, Steve Guerra, and I thank you for joining me on this journey. |
| 1:10.7 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the History of the Papacy podcast. I'm your host, Steve, and today we are |
| 1:18.1 | officially kicking off a brand new series that has been a long time in the making, the history |
| 1:25.0 | of the Catholic Church in the United States from the Revolutionary War |
| 1:28.8 | to the start of the Civil War. Now, I'll be honest with you. Just figuring out how to begin this |
| 1:36.6 | story has been a bit of a challenge. The Catholic Church didn't suddenly appear in the United States |
| 1:42.6 | in 1776. So before we even get to the birth of the United States, we have to ask, how did the Catholic |
| 1:50.1 | Church get to the east coast of North America in the first place? |
| 1:56.1 | And for those of you listening from outside of the United States, it's probably helpful to step |
| 2:02.2 | back and take a broader look at how the country itself came together. |
| 2:08.2 | The timeline from 1776 to 1861 covers just 85 years. |
| 2:15.6 | That old four score and, you know, just about seven years ago we've heard so |
| 2:20.3 | much about. But the changes in that time period are enormous, politically, culturally, |
| 2:29.9 | geographically, and especially religiously. |
| 2:41.3 | The story of the Catholic Church in America doesn't just sit in a vacuum either. It overlaps with the larger story of Catholicism around the world, particularly the church in Europe and in other parts of the Americas, |
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