Catholic Church in the United States
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| 2025 | U.S. News & World Report rankings showed 9 Catholic universities in the top 100 national universities and 6 in the top national liberal arts colleges. |
| 2023 | Pope Francis publicly criticized the Catholic Church in the United States, describing some parts as reactionary and stating that ideology had replaced faith. |
| November 2023 | Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, a conservative bishop from Tyler, Texas, from his position. |
| 2022 | The University of Notre Dame reached an endowment of over 20 billion dollars. |
| 2021 | James Hanink, a former Loyola Marymount University philosophy professor, was selected as the American Solidarity Party candidate in the California gubernatorial recall election against Gavin Newsom. |
| 2021 | Joe Biden, a Catholic, became President of the United States, serving until 2025. |
| September 11 2021 | Christ Our Savior church was dedicated in its current form. |
| July 2021 | Public Religion Research Institute released a census reporting 22% of 330 million Americans identified as Catholic: 12% white, 8% Latino, and 2% other. |
| 2020 | Gallup poll revealed that 25% of Americans identified as Catholic, highlighting the significant religious presence of the Catholic Church in the United States. |
| 2020 | Franciscans end staffing of Ss. Simon and Jude Church. |
| 2019 | Latinos comprised 37 percent of American Catholics, continuing the trend of demographic shift. |
| 2019 | A RealClear poll indicates significant challenges for Catholicism, including declining participation and trust due to secularism and the clergy sex abuse crisis. |
| 2019 | Holy Family Church ceased serving as the cathedral of the diocese. |
| 2018 | Catholic facilities comprise approximately 10% of all 'sole community providers' in the United States, with 49 out of 514 facilities, and in some states like Wisconsin and South Dakota, Catholic hospitals account for at least 50% of sole community providers. |
| 2018 | Catholic Church in the United States reported approximately 100,000 total clergy and ministers, including 36,580 presbyters (priests), 18,291 ordinary deacons, and 39,651 lay ecclesial ministers. |
| 2018 | Catholic facilities comprised approximately 10% of all 'sole community providers' in the US, with 49 out of 514 such providers. |
| 2018 | The Catholic Church in the United States employed approximately 100,000 clergy and ministers, including 36,580 presbyters (priests), 18,291 ordinary deacons, and had approximately 30,000 seminarians in formation for ministry. |
| 2018 | The Catholic Church in the United States had 17,007 local Catholic parishes across 196 geographical dioceses and archdioceses. |
| 2018 | The former St. Callistus campus was sold and no longer used by Crystal Cathedral Ministries. |
| 2017 | Total registered Catholics in the United States reached 70,412,000, representing 22% of the US population. |
| 2017 | Official statistics showed an updated count of 5,050 seminarians in the United States, with 3,694 diocesan and 1,356 religious seminarians. |
| 2017 | Current Holy Trinity Church opened, incorporating an 18th-century tabernacle and stained glass from the former Marywood Chapel |
| 2016 | The party initially nominated Amir Azarvan and Mike Maturen as presidential and vice-presidential candidates. After Azarvan stepped down, Maturen ran for president with Juan Muñoz as vice president. |
| 2016 | The number of Catholic tertiary schools in the United States decreased to 227, with student enrollment falling to 798,006. |
| 2016 | The Catholic Church in the United States recorded 39,651 lay ecclesial ministers, with 23,149 in diocesan roles and 16,502 in religious/consecrated roles. |
| 2015 | Pope Francis closed the investigation into the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. |
| 2014 | Non-Hispanic white Catholic population decreased from 22% to 19%, while Hispanic Catholic population remained at 55%. |
| 2014 | Pew Research survey reveals that 41% of adults raised Catholic no longer identify as Catholic. |
| 2013 | The percentage of Hispanics identifying as Catholic dropped to 55%, indicating a notable decline in religious identification. |
| August 2013 | Current church for St. Kilian was dedicated. |
| 2012 | The party's name was changed from Christian Democratic Party USA to the American Solidarity Party. |
| January 1 2012 | Establishment of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter to serve former Anglican groups and clergy seeking to become Catholic, based in Houston, Texas. |
| 2011 | David Frost and Kirk Morrison founded the Christian Democratic Party USA, inspired by Christian Democratic parties in South America and Europe. |
| 2011 | According to the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, there were approximately 230 Catholic universities and colleges in the United States, with nearly 1 million students and 65,000 professors. |
| 2010 | Percentage of Hispanics identifying as Catholic began to decline, dropping from 67% to 55% by 2013. |
| 2010 | Catholic Charities USA was recognized as one of only four charities among the top 400 charitable organizations to see an increase in donations in 2009, as reported by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. |
| 2010 | The percentage of Hispanics identifying as Catholic was 67%. |
| 2010 | Number of Catholic sisters dramatically decreased to 56,000, with many leaving their orders and few new members joining. |
| 2010 | Catholic Charities continued its significant humanitarian work, maintaining its status as the largest voluntary social service network in the United States. |
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