: 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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Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Kabila, was married the previous day in a Roman Catholic ceremony to bride di Sita at the couple's home in Kinshasa.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
About 700 feet to the north of the 8th and Franklin intersection, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise is building a three-story, 20,000-square-foot office building at 902 N. 8th St., across the street from the Boise Co-op.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2025
Defendants in unresolved cases include several schools, among them the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and several protestant institutions; and a few private citizens.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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In 1963, Montini was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church — Pope Paul the VI.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Kabila, was married the previous day in a Roman Catholic ceremony to bride di Sita at the couple's home in Kinshasa.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
About 700 feet to the north of the 8th and Franklin intersection, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise is building a three-story, 20,000-square-foot office building at 902 N. 8th St., across the street from the Boise Co-op.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2025
Defendants in unresolved cases include several schools, among them the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and several protestant institutions; and a few private citizens.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Roman Catholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Roman%20Catholic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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