Roman Catholic church

n. Christian church with the Pope as its head

The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus and spread by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter.The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, representing around half of all Christians, and is the largest organized body of any world religion. According to the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, the Catholic Church's worldwide recorded membership at the end of 2005 was 1,114,966,000, approximately one-sixth of the world's population.
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Noun
1. the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
(synonym) Roman Catholic, Western Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
(hypernym) Catholic Church
(member-meronym) Roman Catholic
(part-meronym) Rome
(class) indulgence

See Catholic Church.

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