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Catholicism

[kuh-thol-uh-siz-uhm] / kəˈθɒl əˌsɪz əm /


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This affair with Rodin, who was 35 years her senior, ended before World War One, and she channelled some of her passion to the spiritual, embracing Catholicism and being received into the church.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Most dramatically, the Catholicism animated by an accurate reading of Vatican II is found in sub-Saharan Africa, where orthodoxy is creating what will soon be the demographic center of the church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

"For me, in Catholicism, Jesus was born in a manger. He wasn't born in a tent with faceless parents, with nothing."

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Even Vance’s relatively recent conversion to Catholicism is tied up in this.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Finally, near the end of his life, he began to explore Catholicism.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady