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4 Delicious Foods We Owe to the Catholic Church

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Did you know the Catholic Church is responsible for some foods?

Did you know the Catholic Church is responsible for some foods?

On this episode of "The Catholic Talk Show," Ryan Scheel, Ryan DellaCrosse, and Father Rich Pagano discuss four foods we owe to the Catholic Church and the history behind them.

1) Coffee ☕​

When coffee was brought back to Europe after the Crusades, it was condemned at first by some clergy as "Satan’s drink." However, after tasting coffee, Scheel explains Pope Clement VIII declared it “so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall cheat Satan by baptizing it.”

Thanks to his blessing, coffee became a beloved beverage for Catholics and spread throughout Europe.

2) Chicken​


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