There are about 1.2 billion Catholics in the world.
The Roman Catholic Church is over a billion members !
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. It wanted what It has always wanted, the salvation of Its members. It wants to bring God to the people and the people to God.
Most Croatians are Roman Catholic, with the majority of the population identifying as members of the Roman Catholic Church.
The First Estate of the French social order was comprised of priests of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Laity.
The Old Catholic Church is a group of people who left the Catholic Church after the First Vatican Council. They, as indicated in the answer below, are no longer Catholic as they are not under the Holy Father. There is no "Roman Catholic Church, it's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church..AnswerOnce you split from the leadership of the pope, you cease to be Catholic. Members of the Old Catholic Church are Catholic in name only.
The Roman Catholic Church welcomes all to its Masses (services). However, certain parts of the celebration (i.e. the Eucharist) are reserved only for members who are Roman Catholics. To become a member of the Roman Catholic Church, a process called the Right of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) must be entered. Through this year-long process, people learn about the beliefs of Catholicism and at the end (usually during the Easter Vigil), members receive certain sacraments and become full-members of the Church.
A confraternity is normally a Roman Catholic or Orthodox organization of lay people created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy." I am Roman Catholic and this is what it is for us. Lay people would be people who are members of the church but not clergy.
Not Roman Catholic, just the ROMANS. It was for their faith>
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics throughout the world.
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.
The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.