Alabama Joins Other States Defending Catholics

 

      Alabama has joined 19 other states in objecting to an anti-Catholic FBI memo. That's unusual, considering the historic anti-Catholic tenor of Alabama politicians.

The ABC TV Station in Virginia...one of the 19 states...reports:

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter to the FBI and U.S. Attorney General this week after a now-public internal FBI memo targeted Catholics and labeled them as “violent extremists.”

On Friday, Feb. 10 Miyares sent a letter joined to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. regarding an internal memo created by the Richmond FBI field office. According to a statement from Miyares, the memo targeted some Catholics as a potential threat due to their religious beliefs.

The memo became public on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.

In the memo, the FBI suggests that there are Catholics who are “radical-traditionalists” and could be “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” The memo further says that “violent extremists” include Catholics who prefer a Latin Mass. Latin Masses differ from other types of Catholic Mass because they are not only performed in Latin, these services also follow a different calendar and use different prayers.