How did the Americas become mostly Catholic?

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∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

Most of the Americas, saving the original thirteen colonies of the United States, were settled from Catholic countries, France, Spain, and Portugal by missionaries, mostly Jesuits, Dominicans, and Franciscans.

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