The United States is home to about 7 percent of all Catholics in the world. As of 2010, an estimated 23 percent of U.S. adults and 24 percent of the total U.S. population are Catholic. The U.S. Catholic population has lost more members than it has gained from denominational switching.
Definition of civil union. : the legal status that ensures to same-sex couples specified rights and responsibilities of married couples.
Dictionary entry overview: What does Union mean? â¢ UNION (noun) The noun UNION has 11 senses: 1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer 2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) 3. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes 4. the state of being joined or united or linked