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.
9. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts. 10. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) 11. the act of making or becoming a single unit. Familiarity information: UNION used as a noun is familiar. â¢ UNION (adjective) The adjective UNION has 2 senses: 1. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. 2. of trade unions. Familiarity information: UNION used as an adjective is rare.