Was America Once Catholic?

I wonder how many United States citizens are aware of the Catholic roots of this country?

GASP!

Did he say "Catholic roots"?!

Well, there must have been, at some point. Consider some of these U.S. city names:

St. Michael, AL
Santa Rosa (Holy Rose, or St. Rose [of Lima]), CA
Sacramento (the Sacraments), CA
San Jose (St. Joseph), CA
San Diego (St. Diego d'Alcala), CA
Santa Monica (St. Monica), CA
San Bernardino (St. Bernard), CA
San Francisco (St. Francis), CA
Santa Ana (St. Anne), CA
Los Angeles ([Queen of] the Angels), CA
San Angelo (Holy Angel), TX
Corpus Christi (Body of Christ), TX
San Antonio (St. Anthony), TX
San Marcos (St. Mark), TX
Santa Rosa (see above), NM
Santa Fe (The Holy Faith), NM
Las Cruces (The Cross), NM

The city of Los Angeles actually used to have a much longer name: El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles - that is, The Town of the Queen of the Angels.

Now you know.