Catholic Church in North America

These issues include extreme wage gaps, immigration, drug trafficking, human rights, consumerism, and secular thinking.

What was once a thriving Catholic region is now endangered by present-day culture and religions originating in the United States, including the Jehovah's Witness, Mormonism, and Protestant evangelical churches.

During his visit he gave a 35-minute address on disarmament in the nuclear age, quoting the first Catholic President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.

He spent two days in New York, finishing with 80,000 congregants by celebrating mass at the Yankee Stadium reminding individuals of the "urgent need" to aid the poor.

During the Pope's visit to the Americas he wanted to focus on Mexico as the bridge between the different nations as the majority would soon no longer be Catholic.

He made seven trips over two decades in an attempt to prevent Catholics from converting to other religions or to avert growing secularization.

In hopes of reversing the cultural influences of the United States in order to maintain the current level of Catholicity, the Church is sending what many call confusing signals.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. , is the largest Catholic church in the United States and one of the largest churches in the world .
Pope John Paul II with U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1979