Catholic Church

English <dab!> Pronunciation en /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Catholic Church.wav Southern England en /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ GA Noun Catholic Church en Q9592 The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome. en Roman Catholic Church<id:Q9592> en Latin Church<id:Q597526><qq:in one of its senses> en The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, comprising almost half of all Christians in the world. 2012, Nat Carnes, Al-Maghred, the Barbary Lion: A Look at Islam, Page 86 The “Catholic Church” or “Roman Catholic Church” is the world's second largest single religious body after Sunni Islam Literally "universal church", the whole body of Christendom, especially before the division into Western and Eastern churches. Any of the independent Catholic Churches, such as the Old Catholic Church, the Polish National Catholic Church, or the Eastern Orthodox Church Orthodox Catholic Church. Any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" based on its affirmation of the Nicene Creed, such as any of the Anglican Churches. Translations 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome Afrikaans: af Katolieke Kerk Albanian: sq Kisha Katolike f Amharic: am ካቶሊክ ቤተ ክርስቲያን Arabic: ar الكَنِيسَة الكَاثُولِيكِيَّة f al-kanīsa l-kāṯūlīkiyya Armenian: hy Կաթոլիկ եկեղեցի Azerbaijani: az Katolik kilsəsi Basque: eu Eliza Katolikoa Belarusian: be Каталіцкая Царква f Bengali: bn ক্যাথলিক চার্চ Breton: br Iliz katolik f Bulgarian: bg Католическа църква f Catalan: ca Església Catòlica f Cebuano: ceb Simbahang Katoliko Chinese: Cantonese: yue 天主教會 tin1 zyu2 gaau3 wui6-2 Hokkien: nan-hbl 天主教會 Thian-chú-kàu-hōe Mandarin: cmn 天主教會 Tiānzhǔ Jiàohuì Czech: cs katolická církev f Danish: da katolske kirke c Dutch: nl Katholieke Kerk f Esperanto: eo Katolika Eklesio Estonian: et Katoliku kirik Faroese: fo katólska kirkjan Finnish: fi katolinen kirkko French: fr Église catholique f Galician: gl Igrexa católica f Georgian: ka კათოლიკური ეკლესია German: de Katholische Kirche f Greek: el Καθολική Εκκλησία f Hebrew: he הכנסייה הקתולית f ha-knesiá ha-qatólit Hindi: hi कैथोलिक कलीसिया f Hungarian: hu katolikus egyház Icelandic: is Kaþólska kirkjan f Ido: io Katolik eklesio Indonesian: id Gereja Katolik Irish: ga Eaglais Chaitliceach f Italian: it Chiesa cattolica f Japanese: ja カトリック教会 Katorikku Kyōkai Kashubian: csb Katolëcczi Kòscół m Kazakh: kk Католиктік шіркеу Korean: ko 가톨릭교회, ko 천주교 Latin: la Ecclesia Catholica f Latvian: lv Katoļu baznīca f Lithuanian: lt Katalikų Bažnyčia f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Kathoolsche Kark f Luxembourgish: lb Kathoulesch Kierch Macedonian: mk католичка црква f Malagasy: mg Fiangonana katolika, mg Eglizy Katolika Malay: ms Gereja Katolik Malayalam: ml കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭ Maltese: mt Knisja Kattolika f Marathi: mr कॅथलिक चर्च m Navajo: nv Ééʼ neishoodii Nepali: ne क्याथोलिक चर्च Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Den katolske kirke f Nynorsk: nn Den katolske kyrkja f Occitan: oc Glèisa Catolica f Persian: fa کلیسای کاتولیک kelisâi kâtolik Polish: pl Kościół katolicki m Portuguese: pt Igreja Católica f Punjabi: pa ਕੈਥੋਲਿਕ ਚਰਚ m Romanian: ro Biserică Catolică Romansh: rm Baselgia catolica f Russian: ru Католи́ческая це́рковь f Scottish Gaelic: gd Eaglais Chaitligeach f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Католичка црква f Latin: sh Katolička Cȓkva f Slovak: sk Katolícka cirkev f Slovene: sl Katoliška cerkev f Spanish: es Iglesia católica f Swahili: sw Kanisa Katoliki Swedish: sv katolska kyrkan c Tagalog: tl Simbahang Katolika Tamil: ta கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை Telugu: te కాథలిక్ చర్చి Thai: th พระศาสนจักรคาทอลิก prá-sàat-sà-ná-jàk-kaa-tɔɔ-lìk Tongan: to Siasi Katolika Turkish: tr Katolik Kilisesi Ukrainian: uk Като́ли́цька церква f Vietnamese: vi Giáo hội Công giáo Volapük: vo Glüg Katulik Welsh: cy Eglwys Gatholig f the whole body of Christendom before the division into Western and Eastern churches Finnish: fi katolinen kirkko, fi yhtenäinen kirkko Irish: ga Eaglais Chaitliceach f Polish: pl Kościół katolicki m Romanian: ro Biserică Catolică any of the independent Catholic Churches Finnish: fi katolinen kirkko Irish: ga Eaglais Chaitliceach f Polish: pl Kościół katolicki m any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" Irish: ga Eaglais Chaitliceach f Polish: pl Kościół katolicki m Further reading en Organizations