Catholicism

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Catholicism is now listed under a single designation under Christianity without similar distinctions of their denominations.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Leo's predecessor Francis largely overlooked many of Europe's traditional bastions of Catholicism where, like Spain, religious observance has been falling rapidly.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

If these statues were really an endorsement of Catholicism, it is difficult to explain why so many people of diverse faiths—and none—want them installed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

"The Pope is the Pope, we owe him a certain amount of deference, but I don't think that Catholicism wants the obedience of cadavers. We are living, thinking persons," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The expression suggests the parochialism of the Catholicism in which I was raised.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez