The first person to do that publicly was a Catholic Priest, Father Gustave Weigel S.J. (beginning p. 592, "John Courtney Murray, Time/Life and the American Proposition How the CIA/s Doctrinal Warfare Program Changed the Catholic Church" by David A. Wemhoff.
On October 27,( 1960)Weigel gave a talk at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Washington DC on a "Theological Consideration of the Relations Between Church and State" which according to John W. Finney, who wrote for the New York Time, was an authoritative exposition of the Catholic Hierarchy's views on the 'religious issue' raised by the candidacy of Senator John F. Kennedy.
Weigel said that the "Roman Catholic Church would not attempt to interfere in the political activities of a Catholic President nor would the President be bound by Catholic morality in deciding issues."
According to Weigel, a politician led a"double life" because he "worships as he pleases in his private life, but in his public role "he is a man of law which is framed for practical purposes and canonizes no philosophy or theology."
... " Not only did the American Bishops not contradict Weigel when he contradicted Church teaching, they allowed him to give the talk at the heart of Catholicism in the US - the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Washington DC and then allowed the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the secretariat of the Catholic Bishops in the US, to distribute the talk in its entirety.
Americanism über alles.
It was only a few years later (1962-1965 BCE) that the Bestest Council Ever convened and enshrined the principle of Religious Liberty which was the Conciliar triumph of John Courtney Murray.
https://theamericanproposition.com/
https://onepeterfive.com/vatican-ii-american-deep-state/
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