The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024. [5][6][10] It is among the …

The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the pope)." [2] The church is …

This is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church. It contains geographical, organizational and address information on each Catholic diocese in the world, …

The Roman Catholic Church refers to the Latin Church (Western Church). In addition, there are the Eastern Catholic Churches, which are again divided into Greek Catholic or Armenian …

The highest honour a member of the clergy can receive is to be elected as the leader of the Catholic Church. The Pope is elected by cardinals under the age of 80 – following the death or …

2024年4月4日 · Here are a few of the salient details on some basic aspects of the Catholic Church between 2021 and 2022. The number of baptized Catholics has increased globally, …

There are many roles within the Catholic Church for both ordained and non-ordained people. A non-ordained person is typically referred to as a lay person, or one who is not a member of the …

2025年1月14日 · Roman Catholicism - Monasticism, Clergy, Laity: Religious communities in the Roman Catholic Church consist of groups of men or women who live a common life and …

Members of the Catholic Church call themselves Catholics. Almost half of all Catholics are in Latin America. The continent with the second-largest number of Catholics is Europe. Millions of …

2025年1月17日 · In 1965 the Roman Catholic theologian Marie-Joseph Le Guillou defined the church in these terms: The Church is recognized as a society of fellowship with God, the …