- The
Catholic Church (Latin:
Ecclesia Catholica), also
known as the
Roman Catholic Church, is the
largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.41 billion baptized...
-
children by priests, nuns, and
other members of
religious life in the
Catholic Church. In the late 20th and
early 21st centuries, the
cases have involved...
- In the
Catholic Church, a
bishop is an
ordained minister who
holds the
fullness of the
sacrament of holy
orders and is
responsible for
teaching doctrine...
- po****rly
known as Las 21
Divisiones (The 21 Divisions), is a
heavily Catholicized syncretic religion of African-Caribbean
origin which developed in the...
-
Distribution of
Catholics The
Catholic Church is "the
Catholic Communion of Churches, both
Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full
communion with...
- The
Eastern Catholic Churches or
Oriental Catholic Churches, also
called the Eastern-Rite
Catholic Churches,
Eastern Rite Catholicism, or
simply the Eastern...
-
Petrine See or the
Apostolic See, is the
central governing body of the
Catholic Church and the
Vatican City. It encomp****es the
office of the pope as the...
- The
hierarchy of the
Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the
ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy"
strictly means...
- The
Eastern Orthodox Church,
officially the
Orthodox Catholic Church, and also
called the Gr****
Orthodox Church or
simply the
Orthodox Church, is one of...
- The
terms Old
Catholic Church, Old
Catholics, Old-
Catholic churches, or Old
Catholic movement,
designate "any of the
groups of
Western Christians who believe...
