: 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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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
However, right-to-die advocates have critics; among the more forceful ones is the Roman Catholic Church.
—Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
The event is cosponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and Waukegan’s Trinity AME Church.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
They’d been hidden there for 1,600 years because they were banned as heretical by the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in the fourth century, although they’d been widely read before that.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
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Hundreds of people attended Aaron’s memorial service at St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church in Southwest Ranches.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
However, right-to-die advocates have critics; among the more forceful ones is the Roman Catholic Church.
—Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
The event is cosponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and Waukegan’s Trinity AME Church.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
They’d been hidden there for 1,600 years because they were banned as heretical by the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in the fourth century, although they’d been widely read before that.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Roman Catholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Roman%20Catholic. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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