Most say having a personal relationship with Jesus is essential to Catholic identity. Roughly half say this about Marian ...

About three-in-ten are “cultural” or former Catholics, or have other ties to the faith, according to Pew Research Center.

COMMENTARY: ‘Apostolicam Actuositatem’ manifests a profoundly renewed vision of the role of the laity in the Church’s saving mission.

While only 20% of U.S. adults currently identify as Catholic by religion, millions more hold cultural, familial or historical ties to the church. Among those who identify as Catholic by religion, ...