Is There a Catholic Plot to Overthrow the American Founding? | Ep. 8

The Jeremy Boreing Show · Apr 10, 2026 · 1h 33m

The number of new Catholic converts just hit a 20-year high, driven largely by young men searching for a faith with roots, authority, and tradition.

But alongside this Catholic revival, something else is growing — something that calls itself Catholic but may not be: Catholic Integralism. Its proponents argue that the state must submit to the Church, that only baptized Catholics deserve full citizenship, and that the American founding — the Declaration, the Constitution, the separation of church and state — is heresy.

James M Patterson is an associate professor of public affairs in the…