When, How, and Why did anti-Catholicism "end" in the United States?

Anti-catholicism was always a theme in the different narratives of American history that I was taught in school. From my understanding, it seems like it had been a major force since the first British colonies were chartered, with Maryland being established as a safe haven for Catholics who had been persecuted by the other colonies. The Know Nothing movement of the mid-19th century, the resurgence of the KKK in the 1920s, and Al Smith's 1928 presidential candidacy also stand out to me. The last instance of anti-Catholicism that stands out to me was during Kennedy's 1960 presidential run. I can remember being taught that his faith was seen as a major barrier to his electability.

It still seems weird to me that anti-Catholicism was prevalent less than 60 years ago. Today, it's virtually non-existent. As someone who was raised Catholic, my faith was never an issue growing up (for perspective, I was born in 1999 and have lived in both PA and NC). I have never heard of Catholicism interfering with a marriage, being a reason for discrimination or bullying, or anything else of the sort. Sure, there are plenty of people who criticize the Catholic Church as an institution for things like the child sex abuse scandal, but that doesn't amount to systemic oppression or interpersonal prejudice.

So my question is this: when, how, and why did anti-Catholicism "end" in America?

I've already entertained a few possibilities. Was anti-Catholic sentiment mainly a product of the nativism directed towards "ethnic" immigrants from Europe? And did it accordingly die when these groups started to be considered white? I think that's a pretty likely explanation, but anti-Semitism is still rampant, and most people consider Jews to be white. Or was it simply a consequence of secularization, with Catholics and Protestants taking their faiths less seriously and thus realizing that they essentially believe in the same thing? This explanation also has a flaw; Christian sectarianism is still prevalent in the UK, despite being more secular than the U.S.

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Looking for reading recs on anti-union violence in the United States.

I'm particularly interested in the Battle of Blair Mountain and events in the early 20th century. I'm really interested in labor history in general and am hoping to find more academic leaning books rather than a simple retelling of events. Thank you!

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Patriotic Socialism, or Anti-Settler Socialism? (An Introduction to The National Question in the United States) ia601405.us.archive.org/3โ€ฆ
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TIL that Irish-American soldier John Riley left the US Army to fight for Mexico in the Mexican-American War because anti-Catholicism was so strong in the States. He led a battalion of 48 Irishmen and captured the first two US artillery pieces ever to lost in combat at the Battle of Buena Vista historyanswers.co.uk/histโ€ฆ
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At what point did Catholicism become completely acceptable in the United States?

In the 19th Century, Catholics were prosecuted. But today, basically nobody cares whether or not you are Catholic or protestant. When did this change, and what happened?

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"Secularism or Catholicism? The Religious Composition of the United States to 2043" [PDF] from Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences. [Abstract is in the comments] oeaw.ac.at/vid/download/Wโ€ฆ
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Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States, holds up a jersey emblazoned with her famous anti-drug slogan "Just say no". RFK Stadium, Washington D.C., 1988. [714 x 1024]
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TIL The first Third Party in the United States was the Anti-Masonic Party that ran on an anti Free-Mason and anti-elite platform. They got 7.8% of the popular vote in the 1832 election. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antโ€ฆ
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10th Armored Division United States in the German city of Saarburg. February 22, 1945.In the foreground, an abandoned German 75-mm anti-tank gun PaK 40.
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Anti-communist poster. This poster reads: "Anywhere there is communism, there is terrorism and assassination!" This poster, created and distributed internationally by the United States Information Agency (USIA), was designed to amplify fear of communism in a newly-divided Vietnam, 1954
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Anti-intellectualism in the 21st century | "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been." โ€” Isaac Asimov

Mistrust of experts is rampant and on the rise. Why? What is to be done? Is it necessarily a bad phenomenon?

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