English-Portuguese translations for Catholic Church

• Igreja Católica
  A senhora deputada Joanna Senyszyn acusou a Igreja Católica de oprimir as mulheres. Mrs Senyszyn accused the Catholic Church of oppressing women.
  A China continua a perseguir fiéis da igreja católica. China continues to persecute followers of the Catholic Church.
  Igrejas de todas as denominações, incluindo a Igreja Católica, fazem parte da Europa. Churches of all denominations, including the Catholic Church, are a part of Europe.

Definition of Catholic Church

• The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome
• Literally "universal church", the whole body of Christendom, especially before the division into Western and Eastern churches
• Any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" based on its affirmation of the Nicene Creed, such as any of the Anglican Churches

Examples

• The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, comprising almost half of all Christians in the world.

Related words

• Catholic
• Catholicism
• Anglo-Catholic
• anticatholic
• catholicon
• catholicity
• Catholically
• catholicos
• recatholicization
• Catholicize