They became aware how powerful the influence of church is on the population, when the people started giving their money to the church. Lets not forget about confessions. This was powerful too knowing who is doing what and reporting to whoever was ruler or king.
Those people were called Reformers. The Reformers most famous today are Martin Luther and John Calvin. Luther alone posted 95 objections against Roman Catholic church practices and Calvin wrote several books on the subject, so you don't want me to go into great detail here.
Their main objection was that Christian belief should be based directly on what it says in The Bible, and not on what the Pope, bishops and priests gave you as their interpretation of the Bible (the art of printing just having been invented, most people never had seen a bible up close, let alone read it themselves). They objected also against many rules and teachings of the Roman Catholic church that had no basis at all in the Bible itself, like the existence and worshipping of the Saints and the Holy Virgin, the power of bishops and priests over the faithful and - especially in the case of Luther - celibacy of priests.
The medieval church used its religious power to manipulate people into thinking that if they did not do what the church mandated, they would go to hell. The church took advantage of the superstitious people and medieval kings and used its religious power to take over the world. Power in the middle ages was used and abused the same as it is today - the rich and powerful do as they want, and the lesser people get trampled on.
The people of medieval Ghana were Islam.
The Catholic Church dominated the lives of medieval people by telling them when they should work, what religious traditions they should follow, and what punishments they should get if any laws were broken. It was even more powerful than the king or queen.
Medieval people did not usually have what we would call parades. They had processions, in which people sang and played religious music or said prayers, and these were usually on feast days for the Church, days of local patron saints, or Sundays.
The church was very important in medieval life. It provided people with moral guidance and help in surviving difficult situations.
Actually, during the Middle Ages, most people were Christian. Greek Mythology
Yes.
in a church
The church was Catholic so it was the Pope and the priests.
The Catholic Church faced several heresies during the medieval period, including Hussitism. This heresy regarded the scriptures as being more important than church leadership, and also regarded ordinary people as being able to interpret scripture without Church help.
Bishops.
A religious traveler in Medieval times might have been called a minstrel. There were also groups of people that believed in a united cause that were called crusaders during that time.