Capt. Archie Butt. recorded by him in a letter to his mother. published in the New York HeraldTribune in 1924. Roosevelt said: The Roman Catholic Church is In no way suited to this country and can never have any great permanent growth. except through immigration. for its thought is Latin. and entirely at variance with the dominant thought of our country and its institutions. Then Mr. Roosevelt tells about when he was in Rome. and. of course. they expected him. the exPresident. to call on the Pope. and they sent him word that he could not call if he visited a certain Protestant mission there.
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The Roman Catholic Church is portrayed as being at odds with American thought and institutions.