What is a group of people related by kinship
A good Catholic.
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.
Protestants did not, and still do not, accept that the Pope is the head of the Church or that the water and wine in the mass literally becomes the body of Christ. The Protestant movement challenged the Church's authority which had been dominant in Europe for many centuries before and probably made the Catholic Church became more militant in its teachings as it strove to retrieve those who had left it. For some it may well have been a wake-up call that the Catholic Church could not take its influence in Europe for granted.
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The Laity.
Pope
I presume you are talking about the 'Roman Catholic Church' made up of congregations entirely in union with the pope. There are thousands of Catholic parishes in California. There are a number of churches that call themselves Catholic but that are not - The American Catholic Church, The American Charismatic Catholic Church, for example, which do not recognize the pope as the leader of the Church.
No, the Catholic Church is the Christian Church, the original Christian Church. The Episcopal Church is a Protestant Church and not Catholic. To be Catholic a Church must accept the pope as the leader of the Church as well as other Catholic doctrines. The Episcopal Church does not.
The 1517 call for church reform posted on the Wittenberg Cathedral's door is titled the "Ninety-Five Theses." Authored by Martin Luther, it challenged the Catholic Church's practices, particularly the sale of indulgences. This document is often credited with sparking the Protestant Reformation and led to significant religious and political changes in Europe.
Popes, cardinals, archbishops and bishops
One of them- no church can monopolize or call itself superior to others
Roman Catholic AnswerSpeak to any priest, or call the local Catholic Church and tell the office that you are interested in the Church. They will put you in contact with the appropriate people.