Catholic | Wikipedia audio article
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Catholic


00:02:39 1 Name
00:05:00 2 Organisation
00:06:08 2.1 Holy See, papacy, Roman Curia, and College of Cardinals
00:08:16 2.2 Canon law
00:09:48 2.3 Latin and Eastern churches
00:12:41 2.4 Dioceses, parishes, organisations and institutes
00:14:53 2.5 Membership
00:16:31 3 Doctrine
00:17:58 3.1 Nature of God
00:19:56 3.2 Nature of the church
00:21:56 3.3 Final Judgment
00:24:34 3.4 Saints and devotions
00:26:49 3.5 Virgin Mary
00:28:29 4 Sacraments
00:31:27 4.1 Sacraments of initiation
00:31:36 4.1.1 Baptism
00:32:35 4.1.2 Confirmation
00:33:41 4.1.3 Eucharist
00:34:48 4.2 Sacraments of healing
00:35:03 4.2.1 Penance
00:35:58 4.2.2 Anointing of the sick
00:36:38 4.3 Sacraments at the service of communion
00:37:15 4.3.1 Holy Orders
00:38:26 4.3.2 Matrimony
00:39:41 5 Liturgy
00:41:00 5.1 Western rites
00:44:05 5.2 Eastern rites
00:45:27 6 Social and cultural issues
00:45:37 6.1 Catholic social teaching
00:47:22 6.2 Social services
00:49:07 6.3 Sexual morality
00:50:56 6.3.1 Divorce and declarations of nullity
00:53:11 6.3.2 Contraception
00:55:13 6.3.3 Homosexuality
00:57:00 6.4 Holy orders and women
00:58:56 6.5 Sexual abuse cases
00:59:57 7 History
01:03:28 7.1 Apostolic era and papacy
01:05:43 7.2 Antiquity and Roman Empire
01:09:56 7.3 Middle Ages and Renaissance
01:15:01 7.4 Age of Discovery
01:16:05 7.5 Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation
01:18:21 7.6 Enlightenment and modern period
01:20:36 7.7 20th century
01:23:21 7.7.1 Second Vatican Council
01:25:40 7.7.2 John Paul II
01:26:59 7.8 21st century
01:27:46 7.8.1 Pope Francis
01:29:43 8 See also



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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide as of  2016. As the world's "oldest continuously functioning international institution", it has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilisation.  The church is headed by the Bishop of Rome, known as the Pope. Its central administration, the Holy See, is in the Vatican City, an enclave within Rome, Italy.
Catholic theology is based on the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the Pope is the successor to Saint Peter to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus Christ. It maintains that it practises the original Christian faith, reserving infallibility, passed down by sacred tradition. The Latin Church, the twenty-three Eastern Catholic Churches, and institutes such as mendicant orders and enclosed monastic orders reflect a variety of theological and spiritual emphases in the church.Of its seven sacraments the Eucharist is the principal one, celebrated liturgically in the Mass. The church teaches that through consecration by a priest the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. The Virgin Mary is venerated in the Catholic Church as Mother of God and Queen of Heaven, honoured in dogmas and devotions. Its teaching includes sanctification through faith and evangelisation of the Gospel as well as Catholic social teaching, which emphasises voluntary support for the sick, the poor, and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world.The Catholic Church has influenced Western philosophy, culture, science, and art. Catholics live all over the world through missions, diaspora, and conversions. Since the 20th century the majority reside in the southern hemisphere due to secularisation in Europe, and increased persecution in the Middle East.
The Catholic Church shared communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church until the East–West Schism in 1054, disputing particularly the authority of the Pope, as well as with the Oriental Orthodox churches prior to the Chalc ...