Which of the Following Statements Is Most Accurate

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A) While most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism as the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the exclusion of other faiths.
B) Roman Catholicism had been the only state religion during the colonial period, and its status as the only permitted religion remained unchallenged after independence.
C) The onset of independence was accompanied by a general trend away from Catholicism toward Protestant religions.
D) The defense of the Roman Catholic church became a rallying cry for Latin American liberals.