The Roman Catholic Church does not issue membership documents. However, if you need to prove that you are a Roman Catholic then you would produce your Baptismal Certificate. A Baptismal Certificate does not verify that you are continuing to practice the Catholic faith or that you are a member of a specific parish etc. It only certifies that you received the sacrament of Baptism.
If population membership is the sign of importance then it is the Roman Catholic Church.
A large majority of Hispanics ARE Roman Catholic.
"Excommunication" The Pope can "excommunicate" a person from the Catholic Church. e.g. Henry VIII was excommunicated from the Catholic Church, because he changed the Church in England to Protestant.
Baptism is the rite by which someone becomes a member of the Church. You are therefore Catholic when you are baptized, regardless or who baptizes or where it is performed.
They depends on whether you meant to capitalize Orthodox or not. The Orthodox Church is not Catholic, they split from the Catholic Church officially in the 12th century. If you orthodox as believing in the Church doctrines, then that is the only kind of parishioner that is a real Catholic. Anyone who is not orthodox in his belief, is by definition, heterodox, otherwise known as a protestant, even if they still maintain nominal membership in the Catholic Church.
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Sebastiano Fraghi has written: 'De membris ecclesiae' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Membership
Dolores Ann Liptak has written: 'Immigrants and their Church' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Church history, Emigration and immigration, History, Immigrants, Membership, Religion
No. Catechism is a book about the principles, rules, teachings of the Catholic Church. Confrmation is a sacrament where a young person confirms their membership of the Catholic Church. They take responsibility for this as they could not do so when they were a baby at the time they would have been baptised.
There is a Lutheran Church and a Catholic Church but no Lutheran Catholic Church.
Pat Postlewaite has written: 'Bury me with balloons' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Membership, Spiritual life
There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.