: 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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Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
In 1999: Eleven people were injured by a nude swordsman at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in London during a Sunday Mass.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
Saturday’s ceremony was held at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church, and the cocktail hour and reception back at the Frankfort Villa.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
After asking permission to speak, Sister Agnes discreetly delivers a piece of information that will upend the papal election and expose some of the most powerful figures in the Roman Catholic Church to public, career-ending humiliation.
—Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Three months later, Gerlach was reelected as their leader against the diocese's wishes and the nuns joined the Society of St. Pius, a Roman Catholic priestly group that previously separated from the Vatican, per Chron.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
In 1999: Eleven people were injured by a nude swordsman at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in London during a Sunday Mass.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
Saturday’s ceremony was held at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church, and the cocktail hour and reception back at the Frankfort Villa.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
After asking permission to speak, Sister Agnes discreetly delivers a piece of information that will upend the papal election and expose some of the most powerful figures in the Roman Catholic Church to public, career-ending humiliation.
—Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Roman Catholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Roman%20Catholic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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