“The debate over Pryor in both the Senate and in the media has revealed a pathetic failure to understand the basics of Catholic theology, as Archbishop Chaput points out.

“The debate over Pryor in both the Senate and in the media has revealed a pathetic failure to understand the basics of Catholic theology, as Archbishop Chaput points out. The debate is also embarrassing for senators who, if not obliged to know what Catholics are and are not required to believe, ought at least to be familiar with the Religious Test Clause that appears at the conclusion of the Oath Clause in Article VI of the Constitution: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any office or public Trust under the United States.””