Poll measures US Catholics’ perceptions of the global persecution of Christians – RNS March 21, 2019 by Fulcrum According to a new poll, 46 percent of US Catholics say the global persecution of Christians is “very severe”—an increase of more than 16 percent compared to a year ago; and 58 percent of US Catholics say they are “very concerned” about the plight of their fellow faithful—a figure up by more than 17 percent from February 2018. Religion News Service. 20 March 2019 FulcrumShareTweetShare