Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate that an overwhelming majority of Americans believ
The Washington National Cathedral.
Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1867)
The Maryland Toleration Act secured religious liberty in the English colony of Maryland. Similar laws were passed in the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. These laws stood in direct contrast with the Puritan theocratic rule in the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies.
A Congregational church in Cheshire, Connecticut
In the United States, the Catholic Church is the largest single Christian denomination and the second-largest religious tradition after Protestantism. As of 2024, an estimated 19% to 22% of the adult
Religion in the United States
…Protestantism (44.8%) Catholicism (21.8%) Other Christians (2.40…
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., the largest Catholic church in North America
St. Francis Xavier Church in Compton, Maryland, the oldest Catholic church in continuous operation from the Thirteen Colonies
Apotheosis of St. Louis in St. Louis
Portrait of John Carroll, first Catholic bishop of the United States, appointed to the Diocese of Baltimore by Pius VI in 1789.