: of, relating to, or being a Christian church having a hierarchy of priests and bishops under the pope, a liturgy centered in the Mass, veneration of the Virgin Mary and saints, clerical celibacy, and a body of dogma including transubstantiation and papal infallibility
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Reuters, NBC News, 7 July 2024
The ruling means the archbishop cannot receive the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, such as communion.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024
The Buggy Truth about Natural Red Dye The slightly disgusting secret ingredient that has historically made food dye, lipstick, and even the cloaks of Roman Catholic cardinals so vibrant.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
High Culture How Bernini sculpted the Roman Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation
Bernini created art for 8 different popes.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Whereas Pope Francis holds supremacy over the Roman Catholic Church, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople is the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
Sadly, the recent attack on items of veneration at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, where statues of Mother Teresa and Pope John XXIII were defaced with a hammer, highlights the double standard of outrage by city and state officials when crimes target the Catholic community.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
The Vatican, in summarizing the gathering, said only that the pontiff had cautioned about admitting gay men into Roman Catholic seminaries.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 12 June 2024
More than a year after a possible miracle occurred at St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church in Thomaston, the church and the Archdiocese of Hartford have yet to hear the results of the Vatican’s investigation.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2024
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Speaking at an annual Roman Catholic convention on social affairs, Francis said many people felt excluded from democracy, with the poor and the weak left to fend for themselves.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 July 2024
The ruling means the archbishop cannot receive the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, such as communion.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024
The Buggy Truth about Natural Red Dye The slightly disgusting secret ingredient that has historically made food dye, lipstick, and even the cloaks of Roman Catholic cardinals so vibrant.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
High Culture How Bernini sculpted the Roman Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation
Bernini created art for 8 different popes.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Whereas Pope Francis holds supremacy over the Roman Catholic Church, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople is the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
Sadly, the recent attack on items of veneration at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, where statues of Mother Teresa and Pope John XXIII were defaced with a hammer, highlights the double standard of outrage by city and state officials when crimes target the Catholic community.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
The Vatican, in summarizing the gathering, said only that the pontiff had cautioned about admitting gay men into Roman Catholic seminaries.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 12 June 2024
More than a year after a possible miracle occurred at St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church in Thomaston, the church and the Archdiocese of Hartford have yet to hear the results of the Vatican’s investigation.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2024
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