I hope the confirmation process of #AmyConeyBarrett won& #39;t be marred by any anti-Catholic prejudice or tropes. At the same time, asking respectful questions about how Ms. Barrett& #39;s religious beliefs will (or will not) influence her jurisprudence is a reasonable question....

...especially since Ms. Barrett has spoken about this phenomenon. Senators (especially those who aren& #39;t Catholic) will naturally be interested in that aspect of her background. Asking a Catholic about how her faith influences her public life is not de facto anti-Catholic...

NB: I& #39;ve written about anti-Catholicism in the United States for some time: https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/281/article/last-acceptable-prejudice">https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/281...

Overall, we need to be careful about anti-Catholicism. We also need to be careful about labelling every question or critique of the church as "anti-Catholic."