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| | Catholic Insight : Culture : The CCF and the Canadian Catholic Church |
 | | He condemned the party, fearing that it would raise the horrors of class warfare, that its approach was essentially materialistic, and that it opposed private property. |
 | | Also, many of the party’s supporters were members of the recently formed United Church of Canada, and some prominent leaders were, or had been, ministers, who like Woodsworth, had left the pulpit in protest against their congregations, which were under the control of the middle class who ignored the poor. |
 | | The party was on the move and ahead of the Conservatives in the polls. |
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