The laity... namely anyone who is not a priest, deacon, or bishop is not ordained. Nuns or brothers are not ordained. They are officially considered part of the laity.
In the Middle Ages about 100% were Catholic because there was no other religion.
As of 2010, there were 68.5 million Catholics in the U.S. This includes Roman (Latin) as well as a variety of Eastern Catholics. For more information, see the statistics of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:
there were 2 million and 500 catholics
The Catholic Church was the only church in the Middle Ages and the pope ruled the church and monarchies of Europe.
Members of the Catholic Church emigrated to Rhode Island due to religious discrimination.
The Roman Catholic Church is over a billion members !
In the Catholic church, lay ministers are not members of the episcopacy.
The Laity.
Catholic church.
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.
In the United States of America, there are a number of different religious denominations, but the largest church is the Catholic Church, with over 68 million members.
According to the Catholic Church, members of the orthodox Churches are technically schismatics, because they do not recognize the pope but have the same basic beliefs. Protestants are technically heretics because they do not believe certain doctrines of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church as never been known as the Mafia. Howerver, most members of the Mafia in Italy are, at least nominally, Catholics.
In the Middle Ages about 100% were Catholic because there was no other religion.
Brazil has the largest population of Catholics.
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.