Catholic Church
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concept
The Catholic Church is a worldwide Christian religious institution, led by the Pope, that traces its origins to Jesus Christ and the apostles and is characterized by a hierarchical structure, sacramental worship, and a unified body of doctrine.
Aliases (3)
- Eastern Catholic Church ×20
- Jesuit ×11
- national branch of the Catholic Church ×1
Instances (33)
- Francis ("Jesuit")
- Simão Rodrigues ("Jesuit")
- Francis Xavier ("Jesuit")
- Diego Laínez ("Jesuit")
- Alfonso Salmerón ("Jesuit")
- Nicolás Bobadilla ("Jesuit")
- Peter Faber ("Jesuit")
- Maronite Christianity ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Melkite Greek Catholic ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Roman Catholicism
- Italo-Albanian Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Byzantine Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Romanian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Albanian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Francisco Suárez ("Jesuit")
- Armenian Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Coptic Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Manuel da Nóbrega ("Jesuit")
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Chaldean Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Ethiopian Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Eritrean Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Syriac Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Georgian Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Russian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Macedonian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic Church")
- Pope Francis ("Jesuit")
- Catholic Church in France ("national branch of the Catholic Church")
- Karl Rahner ("Jesuit")