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  2. Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories - Wikipedia

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    The Bat Creek inscription and Los Lunas Decalogue Stone have led some to suggest the possibility that Jewish seafarers may have traveled to America after they fled from the Roman Empire at the time of the Jewish–Roman Wars in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. [108]

  3. Romani Americans - Wikipedia

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    By the 2000s, there has been some acknowledgement of the growing presence of Romani peoples within America as the Census forms of 2000 were disseminated for the first time in Romani language, furthermore, as of 2010, five sessions in Congress have been held to address the growing increase of Romani asylum seekers to the US, due to the anti ...

  4. Catholic Church in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The population of these colonies at the time was approximately 180,000 and 200,000, respectively. By the time the American War for Independence started in 1776, Catholics formed 1.6%, or 40,000 persons of the 2.5 million population of the 13 colonies. [20] [21] Another estimate is 35,000 in 1789, 60% in Maryland with not many more than 30 ...

  5. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    Many Roma also settled in South America. [250] World War II ... Romani populations are Roman Catholic, many times adopting and following local, ...

  6. List of Christian denominations by number of members

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    [223] [21] [22] Despite the absence of centralized control or leadership, if considered as a single cohort, this will easily be the second largest Christian tradition after Roman Catholicism. [ 224 ] [ 225 ] [ 226 ] According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC), there are an estimated 450 million Independents world-wide ...

  7. List of Catholic churches in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there are more than 20,000 Catholic buildings [citation needed].Among these numerous Catholic churches and cathedrals are notable. Notable ones include any that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] or on state and local historic registers.

  8. History of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Historians debate how much influence religion, specifically Christianity and more specifically Protestantism, had on the American Revolution. [1] Many of the Founding Fathers were active in a local Protestant church; some of them had deist sentiments, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington.

  9. Catholic Church and politics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church (1998) Prendergast, William B. The Catholic Voter in American Politics: The Passing of the Democratic Monolith (1999) Woolner, David B., and Richard G. Kurial. FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945 (2003)