Catholics
Mass-attending Christian denomination
Catholics are members of the Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination, headed by the Pope in Rome.
The term usually means Roman Catholics specifically, though Eastern Catholic churches also exist.
Catholic with a lowercase c means universal or broad-minded: catholic tastes in music.
Many Catholics attend mass weekly.
Catholic worship service
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
transubstantiation · penance · communion · absolution · holy orders · confirmation · baptism · anointing
Catholic Church's supreme leader
- VaticanPapal city-state
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- priestOne who performs sacraments
archbishop · deacon · monsignor · nun · friar · monk · abbess · abbot
Canonized religious figures
- Virgin MaryMother of Christ
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- iconsRepresentative small images
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
incense · crucifix · genuflection · fasting · Lent · Advent · feast days · pilgrimage
Consistently loyal and true
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- baptizedInitiated through water rite
- practicingRepeated skill refinement
lapsed · devout · convert · communicant · confirmand · altar server · choir · Knights of Columbus
Mass
Catholic worship service
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
sacraments · transubstantiation · penance · communion · absolution · holy orders · confirmation · baptism · anointing · matrimony
Pope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
priest · archbishop · deacon · monsignor · nun · friar · monk · abbess · abbot · parish
saints
Canonized religious figures
- Virgin MaryMother of Christ
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- iconsRepresentative small images
holy water · incense · crucifix · genuflection · fasting · Lent · Advent · feast days · pilgrimage · shrines
faithful
Consistently loyal and true
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- baptizedInitiated through water rite
practicing · lapsed · devout · convert · communicant · confirmand · altar server · choir · Knights of Columbus · CCD
Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
Mexican · Brazilian · Spanish · French · Bavarian · Latin American · African · Vietnamese · Korean · Indian
- FaithsChristians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims
- ChristiansProtestants, Protestant, Baptist, Lutheran, Baptists
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- American ChristianityBaptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians
- American ReligionChristianity, Baptist, Baptists, Methodist, Methodists
- Early Modern EnglandLondon, Shakespeare, Globe Theatre, Queen Elizabeth, Cromwell
CatholicsProtestants
Post-Reformation Christian denominations
Lutherans · Calvinists · Baptists · Anglicans · Episcopalians
Catholicsatheists
Those without religious faith
agnostics · secularists · non-believers · Muslims · Jews
Catholicsatheists
Those without religious faith
nonbelievers · agnostics · secularists · irreligious · freethinkers
- Catholic faithChristianity under papal leadership
- Catholic clergyOrdained religious leaders
- Catholic schoolReligious educational institution
- Catholic priestRoman church minister
- Catholic hospitalsChurch-run medical facilities
- Catholic ChurchPope-led Christian denomination
Catholic, Catholicism, Roman Catholic, non-Catholic, Roman Catholicism