How can this be?

Anyone else bothered by the fact that Catholic's in America are actually Roman Catholics?

I mean, America is in a different hemisphere, a different continent, 4,000+ plus miles away, and 6 time zones from Rome, yet they are called Roman Catholics. Is this ridiculous?

If you are kind of nodding your head right now, then DO NOT click here, I don't want to advocate such unneccesary reading.

Nothing but love brother....nothing but love.