The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy | Hacker News

One comment said Maryland colony was originally intended as a place for Catholics.

The same comment said Puritans later revolted, destroyed Catholic churches, and persecuted Catholics.

A reply mentioned Jack Chick, saying his comics portrayed Catholics and atheists as villains.

Another comparison said papists were treated as enemies of the state in Cromwell's England.

Someone also brought up the Avignon Papacy during a heated argument.