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{{quote|''"Why do movies about [[Satan]] only have Catholics? We never get to see Methodists or Episcopalians put down demons."''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''' on ''[[
Historically, America has been predominantly Protestant. Most of the original thirteen colonies were composed of Protestant groups, but you'd never know this from any of the media we cover.
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Worldwide, over half of Christianity is Catholic (about 1.2 billion out of 1.5–2.0 billion, end of 2007). Also, most countries with a Christian majority have a Catholic majority. And in the United States where Protestant churches are in the majority, they are so fractured that the Catholic Church is the single largest denomination. Yet because of this Protestant majority, plus the many waves of immigrants from Catholic regions, Catholicism has often been seen as foreign, exotic, and strange...if not always benevolent. As a result of this, Hollywood Catholicism is often very far removed from the actual religion.
In many fiction, despite the portrayal of Christians as Catholics, most [[The Bible
This trope doesn't seem to apply to [[The Western|Westerns]], where any minister (or "preacher") will generally be a black-coated Evangelical Lutheran or Methodist type, when he isn't a Quaker or a Mormon. However, if the film shows the padre of a [[Useful Notes/Mexico|Mexican]] village, this trope will be played straight. It may also appear as part of an [[Establishing Shot]] for other traditionally Catholic places such as Italy or France. Black churches are almost always depicted as Baptist or Pentecostal (although some of the earliest black Americans in colonial times were Catholic/Voodoo practitioners from the French West Indies), as are white [[Deep South|Southern]] churches (the one exception being [[New Orleans]], home to the largest Catholic diocese in the US). And, of course, the ''upper-class'' [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant]], usually residing in the tonier precincts of [[Hollywood New England]] and belonging to a sufficiently venerable "mainline" church, is a stock character of long standing.
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** Her informant is also blatantly breaking the rules of confidentiality regarding the confessional, which is something real clergy could get a ''lot'' of trouble for.
*** And nuns have no access to confessional secrets! Only male priests do and they can't even share them amongst themselves.
* In ''[[
** T*A possibly stands for Thomas Aquainus.
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is another [[Church Militant]] series set in the United States, which...sorta fits under this trope. [[Anime Catholicism|It's complicated]].
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** Rosette is also stated to be a nun in the manga, while in the anime she's just got a nun-ish uniform. It's complicated.
* In ''[[Trinity Blood]]'', Catholicism is pretty much the only religion, period. Although given that it's set 1000 years [[After the End]] and Europe (which is largely Catholic in [[Real Life]]) was the only bit of the world that wasn't nuked into oblivion, this might be somewhat justified. It is also probably worth noting that the church in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' is a political and military organization as much as a religious one.
* ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru
* ''[[Seikon no Qwaser]]'' starts off as an aversion by having latched onto Russian Orthodox imagery but the Vatican shows up as well as part of the background plotting.
* Thoroughly averted in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]''. The Roman Catholics are the most powerful Christian organization, but there are numerous other powerful ones such as the British Puritans, the Russian Orthodox and even smaller groups like the Amakusa Catholics (Japanese Christian sect) who are not recognized by the Roman Catholics. And then they take that, duct tape on some [[Rule of Cool]], magic and crazed zealots, and run with it.
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** Wolfwood's mental monologue about becoming devils in order to have the power to protect those who ''don't'' doesn't fit too well into any Christian sect, and it's the closest thing to doctrine he ever really puts out. He is in the future, though. Things change.
* Averted in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''. Zakuro Fujiwara ''is'' a practicing Christian, but she's Protestant.
* Averted in ''[[Anime/The Snow Queen|The Snow Queen]]'', where, faithful to the [[The Snow Queen
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** Which, of course, would only confuse things since Catholics don't believe in the Rapture anyway and while many protestants do take communion, it's not in the same manner and is certainly not conducted by priests.
* Averted in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', where the [[Police State]] [[Dystopia]] is backed by the Church of England.
* [[The Punisher]] once tried out for the priesthood. The Son of Satan is an ex-priest. [[Daredevil]], at least post-Miller, is also largely involved in Catholicism, and [[Cloak and Dagger (
* Inverted, so to speak, by [[Jack Chick]], who regards Catholicism as not only non-Christian, but downright Satanic, and actively plotting to [[Take Over the World]] and stamp out the "true" faith.
* Averted in the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] spin-off ''[[New Mutants]]'', in which Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane was raised a strict Presbyterian. Unfortunately a lot of the readers (and one or two of the later writers) seem to have missed this detail, and fall right back into this trope.
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== Film ==
* ''[[
** This is possibly more of a [[Did Not Do the Research]].
** So do many of the submariners in one scene of the film adaptation of ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. An usual [[Hand Wave]] is that they are Lithuanian like their commander, [[Sean Connery|Marko Ramius]].<ref>Lithuania is the only former Soviet republic with a Catholic majority, about 80%.</ref>
** Somewhat irrelevant though, Russian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox are still considered Catholics and can still attend Roman Catholic masses (and vice versa). They simply implement Byzantine Rites. It may be a case of how much traveling Sasha did in the West or where his parents traveled when he was younger.
* ''[[
** This is [[Truth in Television]]. The Lutheran minister of the parents of the child in the real life case the movie is based on told the parents to get a Catholic priest because Lutherans had no exorcism tradition.
*** Not entirely. Pentecostals and certain Eastern traditions offer their own forms of exorcism. There are also some sects of Baptist who do as well, although it's not common.
*** As do Mormons.
* ''[[
** Plus (re: page quote above) Constantine-rhymes-with-wine would most often be looking to Anglican priests should he need one, given he's a Brit.
* ''[[
** ...in fact, just about every gothic-religious-horror film concerning demons / angels / Satan or the coming of the Apocalypse is saturated with Catholicism; secret orders of frowning priests waiting with trepidation for the Signs of Doom so they can explain the plot to the hero, cross-clutching virginal martyrs, and orders of very traditional Satanists.
** This genre is probably whatever's left of the 'OMG SATANIC WITCH CULTS' horror film genre. Think ''[[
* ''[[Van Helsing]]'' features a pan-religious order dedicated to fighting evil, made up of monster-hunting priests, monks, mullahs, swamis... which is housed under the Vatican and apparently run by Catholic cardinals.
** Hey, anybody else putting up a little holy city run entirely by clerics here? Mecca is kinda straight out....awfully tolerant of the Pope boys, though. There've got to be other headquarters.
* Averted in the early 90s made-for-TV vampire film, ''Blood Ties'' (not to be confused with the [[Blood Ties
* In the John Carpenter film ''[[
** In his ''Vampires'' the vampire hunters are funded by the Catholic Church.
* ''Dark Angel: The Ascent'' is fairly dripping with Catholicism, with various references to "the One True Church" and an emissary from Heaven referring to God as "the First Cause." Interesting in that it subverts 2,000 years of Christian folklore and, arguably, doctrine in portraying the devils as God's damned-but-still-loyal-and-pious servants, rather than ever-rebellious enemies.
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*** Especially since that means that [[Fridge Logic|every Catholic who has received the sacrament of Confirmation]] has been demonically possessed, since according to Catholic belief, the Holy Spirit enters the body during Confirmation.
* Subverted in ''[[The Blues Brothers]]''. While the orphanage where Jake and Elwood grew up is clearly Catholic (and run by [[Creepy Nuns]], no less), the only religious service the brothers attend is at the '''VERY''' evangelical Triple Rock Baptist Church. Then again, if [[James Brown]] was a pastor...
* ''[[For Your Eyes Only (
** "Forgive me Father for I have sinned." "That's putting it mildly, 007!"
* Implied in the first ''[[Ghost Rider (
* Averted in ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'': The characters are Catholic, but they're ''Eastern'' Catholic (Ruthenian to be precise). Some reviews of the film have misidentified them as Eastern Orthodox.
* Averted in ''[[Black Narcissus]],'' which features an Anglican sisterhood. They're Anglo-Catholic instead of Roman Catholic.
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* In ''[[Desperado]]'', El Mariarchi goes to confession, and in the other scene, he makes a sign of the cross. Protestants do not practice any of these.
* [[Disney Animated Canon|Walt Disney films]] ''love'' this trope. [http://www.catholicezine.com/news-articles/news.pl?aid=82470 Read the article first]
** ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' is likely the best example, though, it is justified, because the whole movie takes place in Notre Dame, and everyone knows that it is a ''Catholic'' church.
** Three characters in ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' are religious figures: Friar Tuck, a Church Mouse, and the mouse’s wife, "Little Sister." They are shown taking care of a Catholic church; Friar Tuck rings the bells and the Church Mouse plays the organ.
** The last segment of ''[[Fantasia]]'' is called ''Ave Maria''. This hymn is also played.
** ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'''s background is inspired from Medieval Catholic art.
** In ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'', the fairy who brings the puppet to life is often interpreted as Mother Mary figure.
** The live-action film, ''[[The Littlest Outlaw]]'' features a sympathetic priest, and several sequences take place around the Catholic Church.
* Averted in ''[[Frailty]]''. While the family's religion is never discussed in the final cut of the film, a deleted scene reveals them to be Baptist. Bill Paxton stated that he cut the scene in order to make them "generically Christian."
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* [[Stephen King]]:
** One of the subplots in King's ''[[Needful Things]]'' involves a conflict between Catholics and Baptists in Castle Rock, Maine that escalates into a murderous riot.
** However, other religious characters in his work (Margaret White from ''[[Carrie]]'', Mother Abagail from ''[[The Stand]]'', Vera Smith from ''[[The Dead Zone]]'', David Carver from ''[[
* Averted in the ''[[
** They go far enough from mainstream theology over a thousand years they are a kind of [[Recycled in Space|Space Mormons]].
** While the Queen of Manticore is [[Recycled in Space|2nd Reformation Catholic]], Honor herself is Protestant of a variety that maybe inspired from the Author's own. However, many other faiths are shown to exist, including Jewish members. Interfaith issues are given quite a bit of time in At All Costs. Especially {{spoiler|the marriage issues for faiths with polygamy and those that restrict it}}.
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* ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' (and anything else by [[Dan Brown]]): In Brown's conspiracy theories, "The Church", meaning the Roman Catholic Church, is able to suppress knowledge everywhere in the world. Brown and his characters refer specifically and constantly to "The Church" as a world-wide power, which of course they are, though not to the extent of this representation. Since the story partially takes place at a time when the Church was the only allowed religion, and then in the country of Italy, often within the walls of the Vatican, it's understandable why this would be. As far as Dan Brown's accounts of the Catholic Church in history, and Her relationship with various famous figures and events, well, let's just leave it by saying that there is a reason Dan Brown [[Dan Browned|had a trope named after him]]. [[You Fail History Forever|Dan Brown Fails History Forever]], then goes back around and [[You Fail Physics Forever|fails at science, too]]. And that's just what he does once per chapter.
** Finally averted in ''The Lost Symbol'' where the only clergyman playing any significant role is an Episcopalian.
* Partial exception: [[
** This is probably due to the church in which the monster was sealed in being based on a real church in Providence (though it doesn't exist anymore). The church was, as the story depicts, located in the area of the city that was home to a large immigrant population, most of them from southern Europe.
** Furthermore, the Italians were present because they were depicted as uniformly superstitious lot, who in this case happened to be right in their fears.
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* In Bram Stoker's novel ''[[Dracula]]'', Prof. Van Helsing, the one guy who knows how to deal with vampires, is a devout Catholic. Jonathan Harker, however, is at least nominal Anglican.
* Averted in Diana Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' series. While there are several prominent Catholic characters, including the two main ones, there are others who are Anglicans, Presbyterians and Quakers. In fact the relations and tensions between the groups are a significant subtheme in the series.
* Averted in [[John Ringo]]'s ''[[
* Out of the Christians mentioned in ''[[
* [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s fiction prominently features Russian Orthodox Christians, and portrays Catholicism as something foreign and frightening. Dostoevsky was himself Orthodox, and hated Catholicism (particularly the Jesuit order). ''[[
* ''[[Memory,
* [[
== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[
** [[Anyone Can Die|Kate]] is Catholic too, indeed even more explicitly than Abby
* In ''[[Father Ted]]'', all the characters are Catholic, but then again rural Irish Christians are almost all Catholic in reality. However, an odd moment is when the priests watch the original ''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]'', on the grounds that [[Gene Hackman]] plays a priest. One even laments "He didn't even say Mass!" However, he's not a priest, he's a Protestant reverend, and thus unlikely to say Mass.
* In the ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'' episode where Mork encounters Earthling ([[Creator Provincialism|American]]) religion for the first time, it's Catholic and he dresses as a priest.
* ''[[
** There's also the episode in Season 5 where Murdock approaches the priest with "Forgive me Father for I'm about to sin" before disguising himself as the priest to get into the prison to help the rest of the team.
** Not forgetting the fact that Face was raised in a Catholic Orphanage and there's the episode where he and Murdock disguise themselves as Nuns to help a similar Orphanage.
* ''[[Father Murphy]]'': The main character of the show imitates a Catholic Priest running an orphanage. This would go against the trope of protestant clergy in Westerns.
* In all ''[[Law
** The cast for the first three years had five Catholics (Greevy, Logan, Cragen, Stone, and Robinette). Schiff, like his real world counterpart Morganthau, was Jewish. Then in ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'', Elliot Stabler's Catholic faith plays a big part in his life.
** On the other hand, the various ''[[Law and Order]]'' series have a higher percentage of church-related plotlines that involve Protestant denominations that most series. Notably, when the Catholic Church is involved, the episode includes either an a subplot involving Elliott or an investigation that at some point includes an accusation of pedophilia, whereas Protestant-focused episodes are pretty diverse in theme.
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*** However, this was depicted as happening in a Catholic church.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' goes further, even the pagans are kinda Catholic, at least with Brother Cavil. He is a priest, he hears confessions in "The Plan" etc.
* Likewise, Booth, the token Christian on ''[[
** Booth is also an Irish name.
** Dr. Daniel Goodman, Brennan's boss in season one (played by Jonathan Adams) was not only Baptist, but a Deacon in his church.
** In the same episode, Hodgins said that while he believes religion is a vast conspiracy, he still believes in an at least nominally Judeo-Christian-ish deity.
** And Zack said that his family is Lutheran, but that he wasn't really practicing.
* ''[[Homicide
* On the HBO prison drama ''[[Oz]]'' Father Ray Mukada, a prison chaplain, is a Catholic priest, and Sister Peter Marie, the prison psychologist, is a nun. The series features a significant number of other Catholics, as many characters are Irish, Italian or Latino. Even so, the series does feature characters of other religions, including several prominent Muslims, a rarity in American media. This trope was also subverted somewhat in Season Four with the introduction of the character Jeremiah Cloutier, an Evangelical Protestant minister.
* Nurse [[La Verne]] is the only character on ''[[
* Elaine on ''[[
* The two times that a church has appeared on [[WWE]] programming (when Steve Austin and Booker T had a brawl in one, and when Vince and Shane McMahon used one as a backdrop to mock Shawn Michaels' faith), it was a Catholic church, complete with confession booth, font of holy water, etc. Note that the real-life Michaels, and thus presumably the character Michaels, is a Born-Again Evangelical, not a Catholic (although he was baptized Catholic as a baby). As well, the short-lived Reverend D'Von character, while talking like a Southern Baptist, dressed like a Catholic priest, and his entrance video had a very gothic stained-glass motif.
** This might be because the McMahons are of Irish descent.
** Mike Shaw's '''Friar Ferguson''', "The Mad Monk", lasted only a handful of matches before the Catholic church and the New York media raised enough pressure to have him removed.
** Averted in the WWF/WWE's one ''successful'' religious gimmicked character, Brother Love, who was a pastiche of Baptist Televangelist cliches.
** Oddly inverted in [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]], who, while being notably Roman Catholic and heard to recite prayers in proper form, uses a modified, two-handed sign of the cross in the ring (both hands to forehead, chest, then one hand to either shoulder) while using the regular version in backstage skits.
* On the other hand, in the series ''[[
** There were still plenty of Catholics around, even if Elisabeth did her best to kill them off. They shipped in "properly" ordained priests from the continent and hid them from the authorities. It's not that easy to change an entire country's religious beliefs.
*** Elizabeth did NOT try to kill off Catholics, she just wanted them to pay lip service to her Church. Parliament however was less tolerant and kept passing anti-Catholic measures. It's not easy to change an entire country's religious beliefs but by Elizabeth's time the balance had shifted from majority Catholic to majority Protestant.
* Lovingly thwarted in ''[[Carnivale]]'' (Brother Justin).
* All Christian characters on ''[[
** Eko certainly has a Catholic upbringing (remember who his brother is). But he seems to either genuinely not know what he is talking about, or is speaking for a writer who didn't check, with the demand to "make us priests" by signing an alleged "ordination document". In the Catholic church a priest can not make a priest, by signing papers or any other method; only a bishop can..
* [[Stephen Colbert]] of ''[[
* ''[[
* Averted big time in ''[[
* It's early days as yet on ''[[
** While not religious himself, Riley mentioned that his mother was Anglican. Most of those who expressed their believe was vague Christian or found their own [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]
* Averted and played straight in ''[[Defying Gravity]]'', set in the mid 21st Century where the mission cammander is a (lapsed) Buddhist and another character is Hindu. However the only character who is a professed Christian is, you guessed it, Catholic, even though in an episode only aired in Canada she professes belief in the Rapture, which is probably a case of [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever]] although admittedly doctrine might have changed in fortyplus years.
* Averted in ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' which has had scenes in a Catholic church but also the hospital's non-denominational chapel and at a Protestant revival meeting. Also Gemma's father is a minister.
* Averted in ''[[
* Everyone on ''[[The Sopranos]]'' is Catholic. Justified, in that they're all members of the same [[The Mafia|big Italian family]].
* When Earl is incarcerated on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'', the prison holds a Mass every Wednesday. As part of a scheme, Darnell and Joy impersonate a priest and a nun and wear Catholic vestments. The "Mass" they celebrate bares more resemblance to charismatic protestant worship and nobody gathered found it unusual.
* Comprehensively averted in ''[[Big Love]]'', in which most major characters are offshoot Mormons.
* ''[[
* While the resident chaplain at the 4077th [[M*A*S*H
* There's a surprisingly high number of Catholics on ''[[
** Catholics might be a relative rarity in the Presidency, but they are not relatively rare in government as a whole. Catholics make up the biggest single religious group in Congress, for example, and have significant representation in the FBI.
* Averted big time on ''[[Friday Night Lights]]'', which has featured several different Protestant churches, but no Catholic churches.
* ''[[Falling Skies]]'': Lourdes. The one truly religious person in the ensemble, and guess what religion she is.
* Strongly averted on ''[[
* In Season Two of ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', the survivors stumble upon a "Southern Baptist" church with a massive crucifix. Protestants in general tend to shy away from crucifixes, but Baptists in particular shun iconology of almost any kind.
* The preacher in ''[[Hell
* In ''[[American Horror Story]] the [[Anti Christ]] subplot is approached from a distinctly Catholic viewpoint including a cameo by the Pope.
* ''[[The X
{{quote| '''Father Gregory:''' I was her confessor. Divulging her name would violate the code of my faith [screen cuts to Scully's simple cross necklace] ...and yours, I see.}}
* Justified in ''[[Blue Bloods]]'', where the Reagan family are Catholics of Irish descent. Other denominations are present, too; the black reverend who's apparently a longtime thorn in Frank Reagan's side is an indeterminate Protestant denomination.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* [[White Wolf]]'s ''[[
** Hell, that's practically its own trope, in some quarters: Every Religion Is Actually Gnosticism.
** ''[[
* In ''[[
** And when Gabriel appears to Mohammad, creating Islam, she cops so much strife for it that she barely visits Heaven anymore.
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* The [[Corrupt Church|Church of St. Ajora]] in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', whose central figure (Saint Ajora) is a very [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|thinly-veiled analogy of Jesus Christ]], has very notable Catholic traits. The clergy's hierarchy, the Templar Knights, the architecture, and several aspects of the doctrine and ritual are based on early Catholicism.
** These obviously deliberate similarities make it even harder to believe that they weren't ''trying'' to take [[Refuge in Audacity]] by having St. Ajora be both demonic ''and'' the [[Big Bad]].
* Averted in ''[[
* [[All There in the Manual|Not that this is in any way represented in-game]], but the backstory of ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' uses this trope. Justified by, apparently, having all other major religions and christian denomination being either wiped out or heavily marginalized during interspecies fighting prior to first contact. Catholicism is described as having eight billion adherents, and is being exported to the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Tarka]] who find the idea of a self-sacrificing peaceful god to be interesting.
== Web Original ==
* It is very common in Youtube videos and photo websites purporting to show photographic evidence of Vatican involvement in the Third Reich to include photos of Protestant Reich Churches, and Protestant clergy and worshipers, (often of the Deutsche Christen, DC, variety). Probably the most infamous person whose website features this would be [http://alamoministries.com/content/english/Antichrist/nazigallery/photogallery.html Tony Alamo] (though his infamy is for [[wikipedia:Tony Alamo#Controversies|unrelated reasons]]). That page is pretty humorous if you are aware that the most common subject of the photographs, [http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/hist/jpetropoulos/church/keithpage/protesta.htm#The%20Protestant%20Church%20and%20the%20Third%20Reich Ludwig Muller] was the most powerful Protestant in Nazi Germany. For a political analogy, it would be like if a German made a website denouncing the US Democratic Party, but then put a bunch of pictures of Bush on it (and compensated for this by inserting the word Democrat before President Bush every time in the caption to fool [[Viewers
* In the [[
== Western Animation ==
* Reverend Lovejoy in ''[[The Simpsons (
** The creators even stated that Lovejoy was supposed to be a generic Christian religion and thus was deliberately designed to present several clashing elements, making any kind of identification impossible. Most notable is his wardrobe. He wears a Catholic collar, but Episcopalian robes. The church's leader is the Parson, who is "the earthly embodiment of the elected chair of the national congress of deacons."
** In "Like Father, Like Clown", Lovejoy co-hosts an ecumenical radio talk show with a Catholic priest and Jewish rabbi (who's Krusty the Clown's father).
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** When Bart and Homer convert to Catholicism in "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star", Marge is given a glimpse of Catholic Heaven (with Mariachi, Pinatas, spaghetti dinners, Irish pubs, Riverdance, and fistfighting) and Protestant Heaven (with [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant|badminton and croquet]], and everyone talking in vaguely [[British Accent|British accents]]). At one point it's revealed that Jesus himself has been hanging out in Catholic Heaven a lot, leading one of the Protestants to cluck, "He's gone native" - which would suggest that ''Jesus'' is a Protestant, despite living 1,500 years before Protestantism existed.
*** What makes this really absurd it that Jesus was neither Catholic or Protestant: he as Jewish.
* In ''[[
** In fact, "The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz" suggested that the entire family is Catholic, sans Lois, who is Protestant, and Brian, who is an atheist (apparently, although this was mentioned in a later episode). In fact, Lois being Protestant was the main (and probably only) reason of why Francis hated her so much. Curiously, Lois sometimes is seen trying to convince the rest of the Griffins to go to (a Catholic) church. [[Fridge Logic|Wouldn't he be happy she converted?]]
** Though it's [[Justified Trope|justified]], as Rhode Island has the highest proportion of Catholics in the nation.
** Francis aside, the family's status as belonging to any religion at all is subject to the whims of the joke. Usually it never comes up, occasionally Peter mocks Christians, and on at least one occasion he rejects the traditional "Everybody Poops" for potty training Stewie in favor of "You're a Naughty Child and That's Concentrated Evil Coming Out the Back of You" on the basis that they're Catholic.
* ''[[
** Other gaffes include all the men in town dressing up in ''Ku Klux Klan robes'' to scare away black families moving into the area (although one of those men was a practicing Jew anyway, so that gag could have just been for [[Rule of Funny]]) and a visiting character from New England referring to the townspeople as "hick jock redneck stereotypes," which would ordinarily denote Protestants.
* Averted in ''[[
* Averted in ''[[King of the Hill]]'', The Hill family belongs to a Methodist church.
** Justified, as Catholicism was historically rare in Texas among families who were not of Hispanic, Irish, or Polish descent.
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