France, Sept. 28 -- If Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the American Supreme Court is confirmed, she will be the sixth of the nine judges in the country's highest legal institution to profess allegiance to the Catholic Church, an organisation which represents less than one-fith of US citizens.

Barrett describes herself as a "faithful Catholic" but insists her religious beliefs do not "bear in the discharge of my duties as a judge".

She is 48-years-old and the mother of seven children. If confirmed, she'll become the youngest of the nine-judge panel. Her nomination follows the death of the reforming feminist justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Liberal critics fear that Barrett's beliefs could undermine her ability to decide o...