No, the earthly headquarters of the Catholic Church are found in Vatican City.
The first pope was St. Peter the Apostle. The Catholic Church is headquartered in Vatican City.
"The Holy See" at the Vatican in Rome, Italy
.Catholic AnswerTwo problems, but the answer is a simple no to both of them. The Catholic Church, whose headquarters is in the Vatican, which is in Rome is the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, as enumerated in the Nicene Creed. However, there is a "Catholic Apostolic Churches" which is a protestant sect started by an Anglican which has nothing to do with the Catholic Church. In the first case, the Catholic Church, headquartered in Rome, the answer is NO, they are not "Roman." In the second case, of the protestants using that name, they aren't Roman either.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Roman Catholic Church is present in, I believe, all countries and continents except Antaractic. In some countries, like Saudi Arabia, they are extremely limited, if not completely underground. In other like China, the government attempts to control the Church. But, for the most part, the Catholic Church is truly universal.
The name "catholic" means universal, so the "catholic church" is all the believers in Christ all over the world. The organized church was more (or less) one church until the Eastern Orthodox church split from the Roman Catholic church, which was (and is) headquartered in Rome. At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Protestant churches left the rule of the Roman Catholic church and formed their own denominations (such as Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians). Sometimes people use the term "catholic" when they really should use the term Roman Catholic, so things can get confused.
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Christian Listeners, USA is a protestant ministry and has nothing whatsoever to do with the Catholic Church, other than the name "Christian."
There is a Lutheran Church and a Catholic Church but no Lutheran Catholic Church.
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.
There is an Orthodox Church and a Catholic Church. There is no Catholic Orthodox Church.
There is only one Catholic Church. There are no divisions. There are some non-Catholic denominations who call themselves Catholic but who are not Catholic, they are Protestant. If the church is not united under the pope in Rome, it is not a Catholic Church.
The pope is the head of the Catholic Church. There is only one Catholic Church and it is not a sect. To be a Catholic Church, a church must be in union with the pope. If they are not in union with the pope, they are not Catholic.