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The Catholic Church (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica), also known as the Roman Catholic Church,[note 1] is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025.[4][5][8] It is among the world’s oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.[9][10][11][12] The Church consists of 24 sui iuris (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise…

All Souls’ Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed,[2] is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed,[3] observed by Christians on 2 November.[4][5] In Western Christianity, including Roman Catholicism and certain parts of Lutheranism and Anglicanism, All Souls’ Day is the third day of Allhallowtide, after All Saints’ Day (1 November) and All Hallows’ Eve (31 October).[6] Before the standardization of Western Christian observance on 2 November…

All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day,[3] the Feast of All Saints,[4][5] the Feast of All Hallows,[6] the Solemnity of All Saints,[6] and Hallowmas,[6][7] is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown.[7][8][9][10] From the 4th century, feasts commemorating all Christian martyrs were held in various places,[3] on various dates near Easter and Pentecost. In the 9th century, some churches in the British Isles began holding the…

Pope Leo XIV joins religious leaders at Rome’s Colosseum for the Community of Sant’Egidio’s annual Meeting for Peace, calling for an end to war and a renewed commitment to reconciliation and prayer. Vatican News At the closing of the International Meeting for Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue, organised by the Sant’Egidio Community, Pope Leo XIV…

Queen Camilla meets with a group of Catholic Sisters representing the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), which enables leaders of religious congregations to be a prophetic voice and witness in the Church and the world. By Linda Bordoni Queen Camilla met with a group of women religious from the International Union of Superiors General…

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR _____________________ AR  – DE  – EN  – ES  – FR  – IT  – PL  – PT 1. “I HAVE LOVED YOU” (Rev 3:9). The Lord speaks these words to a Christian community that, unlike some others, had no influence or resources, and…

The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, romanized: Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its canonical territory is confined to the borders of Greece prior to the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 (“Old Greece“), with the rest of Greece (the “New Lands”, Crete, and the Dodecanese) being subject to the jurisdiction of…

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church,[8][9][10] and also called the Greek Orthodox Church[11] or simply the Orthodox Church, is one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity.[12][13] As of 2012, it has approximately 300 million adherents and is the third largest religious community in the world after Roman Catholics and Sunni Muslims.[14][15] The Eastern Orthodox Church operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed…

The doctrine of sin is central to Christianity, since its basic message is about redemption in Christ.[10] Christian hamartiology describes sin as an act of offense against God by despising his persons and Christian biblical law, and by injuring others.[11] According to the classical definition of St. Augustine of Hippo sin is “a word, deed, or desire in opposition to the eternal law of God.”[12][13] Thus, sin requires redemption, a metaphor alluding…

martyr, one who voluntarily suffers death rather than deny their religion by words or deeds; such action is afforded special, institutionalized recognition in most major religions of the world. The term may also refer to anyone who sacrifices their life or something of great value for the sake of principle. Judaism The universality of persecution throughout its history has…