Catholicism
noun
Ca·thol·i·cism
kə-ˈthä-lə-ˌsi-zəm 
2
: the faith, practice, or system of Catholic Christianity
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Parents then sued, saying the books are at odds with their religions, which include Islam, Catholicism and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 28 June 2025
During the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, Scandinavian rulers shifted from Catholicism to Lutheranism.
—Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
Born in Philadelphia in October 1888, Breen shuttled between jobs in public relations, newspaper journalism, and the U.S. consular service, yet the connecting thread was always his deep, proud, stern Irish Catholicism.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Climate change, like Catholicism, is a religion, too.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025
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Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 28 June 2025
During the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, Scandinavian rulers shifted from Catholicism to Lutheranism.
—Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
Born in Philadelphia in October 1888, Breen shuttled between jobs in public relations, newspaper journalism, and the U.S. consular service, yet the connecting thread was always his deep, proud, stern Irish Catholicism.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Climate change, like Catholicism, is a religion, too.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025
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“Catholicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Catholicism. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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