How to Use Catholicism in a Sentence

Catholicism

noun
  • The practice became more important to her when Catholicism, the religion in which she was raised, started to feel too restrictive.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
  • For the Jacobins, Catholicism stood in the way of the supreme god of self.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • In the Catholicism of my youth, a woman’s only role was to birth and raise more Catholics.
    Clare Egan, Longreads, 13 Feb. 2024
  • It's combined with a form of Catholicism that places John the Baptist above Christ.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
  • There are remnants of Catholicism and the roaring ’20s in the collection.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Now, of course, this is what Catholics say, too, but Catholicism has changed tremendously over the centuries.
    Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But Catholicism has been known to the Mongols since the early 13th century.
    Huaiyu Chen, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The chatbot was meant to help curious users learn about Catholicism.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
  • So why in a faith based on reason, such as Catholicism, should prayer be any different?
    Mike Kerrigan, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
  • In Catholicism, Mass is something only the priests can offer.
    Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Lovell's devout Catholicism also played a huge role, Mone said.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • In Catholicism incorruptible saints give witness to the truth of the resurrection and life that is to come.
    Raja Razek, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • The thing that connects their being Polish and Puerto Rican would of course be Catholicism.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Rome had been the capital of the West for centuries; and even if that status was long past, the city remained the capital of Roman Catholicism.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Her journey away from Catholicism started with her divorce in 2006.
    Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • To many, Rome is the epicenter of Catholicism, the seat of the Vatican and home to a seemingly infinite number of churches.
    David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • The face of Catholicism is changing as well, with Hispanic Catholics now approaching the percentage of white Catholics (8% vs. 12%).
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The point is that Native myths, Catholicism, and science fiction all ask versions of the same question: How preordained is destiny?
    Jason Kehe, Wired, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Still, even serious Tolkien scholars have remained divided on how much weight to give to his Catholicism.
    Bradley J. Birzer, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Last lent in February 2023, Wahlberg discussed the balance of practicing Catholicism in the public eye while on Today.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Tying them all together is the presence of Roman Catholicism.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The work embraces a devotion to Catholicism, which, during the time of Shakespeare, was a sect subject to widespread persecution.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This is why the Spanish, who arrived in the 1500s and set out to control the people by converting them to Catholicism, banned the cultivation and possession of the crop, which fell into disuse.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The name could have originated from a number of places, but one theory is that Catholic priests could have used the site to practice their religion when Catholicism was banned in Ireland.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Orthodox Christianity is one of the largest Christian communions in the world — after Catholicism and the Protestant church.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Schneider went on to speak at length about the struggles posed by addiction and financial stress among families, as well as his now-devout Catholicism.
    Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Pope Francis comes from a strain of Catholicism that recognizes that Christian teachings can be sharply at odds with capitalism.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 2 June 2023
  • In Catholicism, Carnival precedes a 40-day period of fasting known as Lent.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • There is a rich social-justice tradition in Roman Catholicism, yet many conservative Catholics are foot soldiers of the right.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Fast-forward several decades and numerous gongs, and the man who imbues Catholicism into many of his movies is still fascinated by the religion to this day.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024

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