Edited sentence: In America, religion is vibrantly embraced, and a majority have protestant roots; the country itself was largely founded and settled by Protestants.In France, Protestantism has long been suppressed by a Catholicism itself not eroded.In some countries with Catholic roots, such as France and parts of Germany, Anti-Americanism is closely linked to religious as well as cultural condemnation of Anglo-American "Anglo-Saxon" protestant-rooted culture; as such, Anti-Americanism is tied to Anti-Protestantism