It's a simplification to say that the American Church wanted to be free from the Church of Rome. That's not the case. While Carroll was sincerely loy… - William Henry Keeler

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It's a simplification to say that the American Church wanted to be free from the Church of Rome. That's not the case. While Carroll was sincerely loyal to the pope, he saw it as very useful for Rome to understand the advantages of making the most of the qualities of the American people and that it would encourage the flowering of the American Church. Today we have almost 200 dioceses.