An acoustic poem?

First letter of the poem’s stanzas spell out THE CHURCH
Must be appropiate, no profanity of any kind (sry)

includes 5 words out of the following: clergy, natural law, persecute, pilgrimage, religion, religious order, Roman Catholic Church, sacrament

Thank you so, so much.

congress was not thoroughly prohibiting states from funding religious schools.

b.

jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.

worldwide, 780 million people do not have access to an improved water source. an estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation (more than 35% of the world's population)