How to Use Catholicism in a Sentence
Catholicism
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For the Jacobins, Catholicism stood in the way of the supreme god of self.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
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In the Catholicism of my youth, a woman’s only role was to birth and raise more Catholics.
—Clare Egan, Longreads, 13 Feb. 2024
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It's combined with a form of Catholicism that places John the Baptist above Christ.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
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While much of the site’s roots are in Catholicism, the Fillers want the monastery site to draw people of all backgrounds, beliefs and ages.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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There are remnants of Catholicism and the roaring ’20s in the collection.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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The holiday has long ties to Catholicism and celebrates the night before the birth of Christ.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Now, of course, this is what Catholics say, too, but Catholicism has changed tremendously over the centuries.
—Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
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But Catholicism has been known to the Mongols since the early 13th century.
—Huaiyu Chen, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2023
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The chatbot was meant to help curious users learn about Catholicism.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
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So why in a faith based on reason, such as Catholicism, should prayer be any different?
—Mike Kerrigan, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
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In Catholicism, Mass is something only the priests can offer.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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Lovell's devout Catholicism also played a huge role, Mone said.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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In Catholicism incorruptible saints give witness to the truth of the resurrection and life that is to come.
—Raja Razek, CNN, 26 May 2023
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The thing that connects their being Polish and Puerto Rican would of course be Catholicism.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
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Then Huffman embarked on a lengthy complaint about how many people viewed Catholicism as a cult.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rome had been the capital of the West for centuries; and even if that status was long past, the city remained the capital of Roman Catholicism.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
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Vance converted to Catholicism at Madeira church Vance's faith is strongly tied to Cincinnati.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Her journey away from Catholicism started with her divorce in 2006.
—Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
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But that was my life up until that moment, 21 years of Catholicism, and living on Earth, and pop culture, and all that stuff resulted in that movie.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 June 2025
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What set Buckley apart was less his politics than his Catholicism.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Conclave sees the beauty in those differences and how Catholicism persists, as flawed as its stewards may be.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
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To many, Rome is the epicenter of Catholicism, the seat of the Vatican and home to a seemingly infinite number of churches.
—David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
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The face of Catholicism is changing as well, with Hispanic Catholics now approaching the percentage of white Catholics (8% vs. 12%).
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
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The Vice-President, a high-profile convert to Catholicism, finds himself publicly at odds with the Pope himself.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
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Forced to convert to Catholicism, the slaves blended the two faiths into a syncretic religion that spread across the island and around the Caribbean.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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So how did converting to Catholicism affect your relationship with the idea of evil?
—Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Turning the other cheek Vance, a convert to Catholicism, steered mostly clear of politics during his half-hour speech.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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The point is that Native myths, Catholicism, and science fiction all ask versions of the same question: How preordained is destiny?
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 3 Mar. 2021
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As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
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Lacking a cohesive tradition, Gee turned to Catholicism for its structured system of belief.
—Terry Nguyen july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
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