Catholicism
Americannoun
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the faith, system, and practice of the Catholic Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
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(lowercase) catholicity.
noun
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short for Roman Catholicism
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the beliefs, practices, etc, of any Catholic Church
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In any case, it was only after she converted to Catholicism that Spark wrote “The Comforters.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Throughout the week, Vance was also promoting his new book about his faith and conversion to Catholicism.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The first half of Communion, on Vance’s journey from evangelical Christianity to atheism to Catholicism, takes the reader through his disillusionment with the conservative evangelical churches of his youth.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
He tries to cast his days of “blindly chasing ambition” behind himself, insisting now that his conversion to Catholicism has changed him into a man who tries to “focus on the good.”
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
She said, “May and June and I take our mother’s Catholicism and mix in our own ingredients. I’m not sure what you call it, but it suits us.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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