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Footnotes
- Cf. H.Res.594-Condemning the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries. 119th Congress (2025-2026). House of Representatives Jul. 17, 2025. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/594/text
- “North Valley mosque proposal faces community opposition,” by Jason McNabb. In KOAT Albuquerque. https://www.koat.com/article/north-valley-mosque-proposal-faces-community-opposition/71540504
- Statement Supporting Our Muslim Neighbors’ Right to Worship. (all quotations of the statement from this source)https://archdiosf.org/documents/2026/7/260727_STATEMENT_SupportingMuslimNeighbors.pdf
- Victoria Cardiel, Christian persecution in Nigeria: 1,200 churches destroyed annually, hundreds killed, Christian persecution in Nigeria: 1,200 churches destroyed annually, hundreds killed. https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/africa/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United Arab Emirates, A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2019/outside/documents/papa-francesco_20190204_documento-fratellanza-umana.html.
- Pius XII, “Ci Riesce,” https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/ci-riesce-8948
- “Archbishop Wester: The church must draw closer to L.G.B.T.Q. people,” by John C. Wester, Jun. 2, 2026. America Magazine. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-reason/2026/06/02/archbishop-wester-lgbtq-catholic-church/
- Intersectionality is a framework that explains how a person’s overlapping social identities (such as race, gender, class, sexuality, and ability) combine to create unique forms of discrimination or privilege. Class struggle claims that history is a constant fight between the oppressed and the oppressors.
- All quotations in this article (unless another source is mentioned) use the 1905 version of Father F. X. Schouppe’s Purgatory, published in Great Britain by Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Ltd. It is in the public domain and available through the Internet Archive. The spellings of certain words may have been Americanized.
- All quotations in this article (unless another source is mentioned) use the 1905 version of Father F. X. Schouppe’s Purgatory, published in Great Britain by Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Ltd. It is in the public domain and available through the Internet Archive. The spellings of certain words may have been Americanized by the author.