Pastor Charles Chaput of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Kenosha wrote in the church bulletin that Catholics should live their lives so that their faith shines bright, according to a church bulletin.

"When Sen. Dianne Feinstein grilled federal circuit court nominee — and now Supreme Court nominee — Amy Coney Barrett three years ago, she fretted that 'the dogma lives loudly within you. And that’s of concern,'" Chaput wrote in the bulletin. "Given the senator’s obvious prejudices, she should indeed be concerned. Ms. Barrett’s life story suggests that she actually believes and seeks to live what her Catholic faith teaches.

Chaput wrote that because of her intellect, how well she knew the law and her record as a jurist, she was "a nightmare for a certain kind of political tribe." He called the disdain for those who take honor in their religion a virus.

"It seems to infect a number of Democratic senators, including Sen. Kamala Harris, Feinstein’s California colleague and vice presidential nominee, who saw looming peril in that dangerous national conspiracy otherwise known as the Knights of Columbus," Chaput wrote. "Sen. Feinstein’s words help us see clearly how some in our political class now view Catholics who are more than merely 'nominal' in their faith."

Chaput said while it's true that those who are baptized as Catholic are Catholics, some political tribes take issue of you are a Catholic who seeks to devote your life around Catholic beliefs regarding marriage, religious freedom, family, sex and abortion.

"In a sane age, these kinds of attacks would be seen as loathsome," Chaput wrote. "But we don’t live in a sane moment, as Sens. Feinstein and Harris, and Mr. Maher, have helpfully demonstrated."

Chaput believes that the hostility toward Catholics should be very concerning to practicing Catholics, as well as those who put value in the First Amendment.

"If attacks on belief are an acceptable standard by which to impugn judicial nominees today, then tomorrow they’ll be used on the rest of us who uphold the teachings of our faith," Chaput wrote. "What’s been playing out in Senate confirmation hearings and public debates over judicial nominees is a harbinger of future attacks on the Church herself and on any Catholic who holds with her enduring moral witness."