: 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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Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
The funeral service was held at Saint Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church honoring 24-year-old Enrique Ruiz and his mother 51-year-old Monica Ruiz who were killed in the fire that consumed their mobile home near Baseline and Kyrene roads on Aug. 25.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
That’s the number of people expected to visit Rome for the 2025 Jubilee, a year-long Roman Catholic event.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Except for the Italian Cardinal Tedesco [played by Sergio Castellitto as an arch-Conservative candidate who wants to take the Roman Catholic Church back to the stone age].
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
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The Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to be ordained, arguing in part, that clergy should be unmarried men in the image of Jesus and his 12 disciples.
—Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
The funeral service was held at Saint Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church honoring 24-year-old Enrique Ruiz and his mother 51-year-old Monica Ruiz who were killed in the fire that consumed their mobile home near Baseline and Kyrene roads on Aug. 25.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
That’s the number of people expected to visit Rome for the 2025 Jubilee, a year-long Roman Catholic event.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Except for the Italian Cardinal Tedesco [played by Sergio Castellitto as an arch-Conservative candidate who wants to take the Roman Catholic Church back to the stone age].
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Roman Catholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Roman%20Catholic. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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