How to Use catholic in a Sentence
- She is a novelist who is catholic in her interests.
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But in 1844, anti-Catholic rioters set fire to the church.
— Time Staff, Time, 20 May 2017 -
Catholic masses take place in the new basilica all day long.
— Marla Jo Fisher, The Mercury News, 7 June 2017 -
His father, who is white, was once a Catholic priest, but of course had to leave that behind to get married.
— Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 4 June 2017 -
Joseph Cella, the prayer breakfast’s founder, was a Catholic liaison to the Trump campaign.
— Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2017 -
Franciscan Alliance is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest.
— Meredith Colias, Post-Tribune, 1 June 2017 -
Teaching in a Catholic school provides many added rewards.
— Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 5 May 2017 -
The Catholic schools sector has also complained its funding will be cut.
— Jason Scott, Bloomberg.com, 22 June 2017 -
Five months later we were married in a cavernous Catholic church in front of 150 of our parents’ closest friends.
— Jenniferromolini, Longreads, 6 June 2017 -
There’s a catholic impulse in the origins of Minimalism.
— Kyle Chayka, The New Republic, 15 May 2020 -
The resume of Chavez, 74, also includes credentials valued by the pope, who has made serving the poor a key focus of the Catholic church’s mission.
— Frances D'emilio, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017 -
There was really an anti-Catholic bias behind them, Paul.
— WSJ, 24 Apr. 2017 -
But neither of those talking points come close to summing up a man of relentless, zeitgeisty, catholic creative drive.
— Noah Johnson, GQ, 12 Apr. 2018 -
But his photography is at the heart of his catholic creativity.
— Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 -
There are the more organic but equally taxing speakeasy-style bacchanals, where, as the night progresses, a more and more catholic range of vices begins to emerge from pockets and back rooms.
— Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022 -
However, his family had deeper pockets than mine did, and he was soon enrolled in a private Catholic school.
— Edgar Gomez, Longreads, 13 June 2017 -
But while Catholic voters have arguably been going through something of a renaissance in France, Marine can hardly take credit for it.
— Emma Green, The Atlantic, 6 May 2017 -
But human rights groups, Roman Catholic activists and the families of many of those killed during the crackdown say that the vast majority were poor Filipinos, many of whom had nothing to do with the drug trade.
— Jason Gutierrez, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2016 -
But that catholic business model had become much harder to pull off in the face of Amazon’s near-monopoly on e-books and its ever-growing chunk of the physical book market.
— Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 23 May 2018 -
Markle attended an all-girl Catholic school in Los Angeles where she was called charismatic and hard-working by her fellow students.
— Morgan Evans, Town & Country, 23 June 2017 -
According to the Catholic publication Crux, the reliquary containing the fragment was also stolen.
— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 8 June 2017 -
Gorka’s father was a Catholic dissenter in Communist-era Hungary, and was tortured and sentenced to life in prison after he was caught sending messages to London.
— Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 21 Feb. 2017 -
Despite doctors’ warnings and medical facts, the young mother remains optimistic, relying on a deep Catholic faith to build a life for her daughter.
— Jonel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News, 13 June 2017 -
Students attending Catholic schools generally showed small gains in English, according to the study.
— Meredith Colias, Post-Tribune, 27 June 2017 -
Troops have battled to regain control of most of the lakeside city, but the militants, who are believed to be holding a Catholic priest and many other hostages, continue to control pockets of territory.
— Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 4 June 2017 -
Proof of Churchill’s catholic taste, and also of the appeal, beyond political categories, of Wells’s imagination.
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021 -
Fine, after receiving a gift in recognition of his service, also thanked the volunteers and Catholic Charities staff members who helped the campaign surpass its goal.
— NOLA.com, 29 May 2017 -
Restoration is inherently more ambitious than its partner album, Revamp, which brings in a catholic selection of pop stars to cover John's songs.
— Elias Leight, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2018 -
The family lived in Montreal during and after the war, and Brzezinski finished his Catholic education there.
— Laurence Arnold, Bloomberg.com, 27 May 2017 -
And these amendments really were aimed at barring state money going to Catholic institutions.
— WSJ, 24 Apr. 2017
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The libero has helped Cathedral Catholic post a 20-3 record.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023 -
Being the seat of the Catholic Church for 2,000 years has played not a small role, some say.
— Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Covington Catholic and Newport hold steady in the top six in the boys poll.
— Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024 -
The father is a devout Catholic who refuses to fight for the Nazis.
— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024 -
The Catholic Church was one of the few groups to announce its opposition to the amendment.
— Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024 -
In Ireland, her affair with a bishop rocked the Catholic Church.
— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024 -
Fun fact: The bright red petals look like the robes of Roman Catholic cardinals, which is how the plant got its name.
— Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024 -
How would that sit with Irish Catholic voters in cities like Chicago?
— Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024 -
The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland would not confirm the school’s schedule change.
— Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023 -
That is perhaps not a surprising statement for an Irish Catholic born in the 1970s.
— Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 31 Oct. 2023 -
His 16-year-old son Rocky, a rising star at Seton Catholic, where Graham was the coach, took his life.
— The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024 -
The former head of the Catholic Diocese of Orange died Sunday at age 86 from lymphoma.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023 -
An Irish Catholic upbringing meant no one wanted to talk about it.
— Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023 -
O’Dowd needs Moreau Catholic to lose to Montgomery to guarantee a spot.
— Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Beginning in the third grade, her parents sent her across the border into the U.S. to attend Catholic School.
— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024 -
Alexandra was also in the line of succession to the British throne until she was confirmed into the Catholic Church in 2018.
— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Ty worked with his brother on a short film called Catholic Schoolgirl Chainsaw Showdown in 2012.
— Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The alarmed parents summoned a priest from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church to bless their house—with no apparent results.
— Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023 -
The game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth when Cathedral Catholic left fielder Joseph Anderson delivered with two on, two out and a two-strike count.
— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024 -
The plaintiff is still employed at Catholic Relief Services.
— Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Ortega has focused his ire on the Catholic Church since 2018, when a wave of anti-government protests swept the country.
— Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024 -
Together, Judy and the Warrens secured an exorcism from the Catholic Church.
— Laura Zornosa, TIME, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Like the boys, the girls program had never won a section title dating back to Marian Catholic.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024 -
Its residents were nearly all members of the Maronite Catholic Church.
— Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 -
Cardinal scored the game-winning basket on an out-of-bounds play as Guerin Catholic handed Cathedral its first loss, 48-47.
— The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2024 -
Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's doctrine that women are not able to receive holy orders.
— Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023 -
Ballard said Catholic Charities has used some of the recouped funds to assist others who are still at risk of eviction.
— Sara Ruberg, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023 -
Three other West Allis Catholic churches merged into one parish in 2018.
— Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024 -
His Irish Catholic heritage is central to his identity.
— Marisa Bellack, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024 -
As a devoted Catholic and a liberal Democrat, he was torn between two creeds.
— Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
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