Characterizing the United States as a catholic country is a pretty big misrepresentation. Until the waves of immigration from Ireland and Italy in the mid 19th

Characterizing the United States as a catholic country is a pretty big misrepresentation. Until the waves of immigration from Ireland and Italy in the mid 19th century, most Americans were protestant of one variety or the other. Part of the reason that Irish immigrants were initially considered "non-white" was because they were Catholics.