Maura Jane Farrelly

Historian, Brandeis University

Maura Jane Farrelly teaches American studies and journalism at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. She is the author of Papist Patriots (2012), and lives in the Boston area.

Written by Maura Jane Farrelly

The Pope in red robes speaking at a podium with an emblem, the Statue of Liberty visible in the background across the water.

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The war on Rome

For centuries, Americans saw the Catholic Church as a dangerous foreign enemy. Not any more. What changed?

Maura Jane Farrelly