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text-align:center" width="31.5%"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholicism/The_Town_and_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Catholicism/The Town and the World"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>The town and the world</b></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="Introduction" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Introduction</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#FFFFFF;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg/220px-Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg/330px-Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg/440px-Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="815" data-file-height="1105" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a></b>, also known as the <b>Roman Catholic Church</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members" title="List of Christian denominations by number of members">largest Christian church</a>, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion <a href="/wiki/Baptized" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptized">baptized</a> Catholics <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">worldwide</a> as of 2024. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of <a href="/wiki/Western_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Western civilization">Western civilization</a>. The church consists of 24 <a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites#Churches" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites"><i>sui iuris</i> churches</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> and 23 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a>, which comprise almost 3,500 <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">dioceses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eparchy" title="Eparchy">eparchies</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">around the world</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a>, who is the bishop of Rome, is the <a href="/wiki/Papal_supremacy" title="Papal supremacy">chief pastor</a> of the church. The <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Rome" title="Diocese of Rome">Diocese of Rome</a>, known as the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a>, has its principal offices in <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a>, which is a small, independent <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">city-state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclave</a> within the city of <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, of which the pope is <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a>. </p><p>The core beliefs of <b>Catholicism</b> are found in the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a>. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the <a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">one, holy, catholic and apostolic</a> church founded by <a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus Christ</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Great_Commission" title="Great Commission">Great Commission</a>, that its <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Catholicism)">bishops</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">successors</a> of Christ's <a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">apostles</a>, and that the pope is the <a href="/wiki/Successor_to_Saint_Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor to Saint Peter">successor</a> to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>, upon whom <a href="/wiki/Primacy_of_Peter" title="Primacy of Peter">primacy</a> was conferred by Jesus Christ. It maintains that it practises the original Christian faith taught by the apostles, preserving the faith <a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">infallibly</a> through <a href="/wiki/Biblical_canon" title="Biblical canon">scripture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sacred_tradition" title="Sacred tradition">sacred tradition</a> as authentically interpreted through the <a href="/wiki/Magisterium" title="Magisterium">magisterium</a> of the church. The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">others</a> of the Latin Church, the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgies</a>, and institutes such as <a href="/wiki/Mendicant_orders" title="Mendicant orders">mendicant orders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enclosed_religious_orders" title="Enclosed religious orders">enclosed monastic orders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Third_order" title="Third order">third orders</a> reflect a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">variety</a> of <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catholic_spirituality" title="Catholic spirituality">spiritual</a> emphases in the church. </p><p>Of its <a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">seven sacraments</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a> is the principal one, celebrated <a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">liturgically</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mass_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Mass in the Catholic Church">Mass</a>. The church teaches that through <a href="/wiki/Consecration#Eucharist" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecration">consecration</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Catholic Church)">priest</a>, the sacrificial <a href="/wiki/Sacramental_bread" title="Sacramental bread">bread</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sacramental_wine" title="Sacramental wine">wine</a> become the <a href="/wiki/Transubstantiation" title="Transubstantiation">body and blood of Christ</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a> is <a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">venerated</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Virgin" class="mw-redirect" title="Perpetual Virgin">Perpetual Virgin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mother_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Mother of God">Mother of God</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Heaven" title="Queen of Heaven">Queen of Heaven</a>; she is honoured in <a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_Catholic_Church#Dogmatic_teachings" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariology of the Catholic Church">dogmas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marian_devotions" title="Marian devotions">devotions</a>. <a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Catholic social teaching</a> emphasizes voluntary support for the sick, the poor, and the afflicted through the <a href="/wiki/Works_of_mercy" title="Works of mercy">corporal and spiritual works of mercy</a>. The Catholic Church operates tens of thousands of Catholic schools, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_higher_education" title="Catholic higher education">universities and colleges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_health_care" title="Catholic Church and health care">hospitals</a>, and orphanages around the world, and is the largest non-government provider of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_school" title="Catholic school">education</a> and health care in the world. Among its other social services are numerous charitable and humanitarian organizations. 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Founded in 1856 by Archbishop <a href="/wiki/James_Roosevelt_Bayley" title="James Roosevelt Bayley">James Roosevelt Bayley</a>, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the State of New Jersey. The university is known for its programs in <a href="/wiki/Business" title="Business">business</a>, <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nursing" title="Nursing">nursing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">diplomacy</a>, as well as its <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team.Seton Hall is made up of nine different schools and colleges with an undergraduate enrollment of about 5,200 students and a graduate enrollment of about 4,500. Its <a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_University_School_of_Law" title="Seton Hall University School of Law">School of Law</a>, which is ranked as one of the <a href="/wiki/Law_school_rankings#Law_School_100" class="mw-redirect" title="Law school rankings">top</a> law schools in the nation,has an enrollment of about 1,200 students. The Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry was acquired by the state in 1965, and is now the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Medical_School" title="New Jersey Medical School">New Jersey Medical School</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry_of_New_Jersey" title="University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey">University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey</a>.Like many Catholic universities in the US, Seton Hall arose out of the <a href="/wiki/Plenary_Councils_of_Baltimore" title="Plenary Councils of Baltimore">Plenary Council of American Bishops</a>, held in Baltimore in 1844, with the goal of bringing Catholicism to higher education in order to help propagate the faith. <br /><a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_University" title="Seton Hall University"><b>Read more...</b></a> </p> <div class="noprint" style="margin:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; padding:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholic_Church/Selected_article" title="Portal:Catholic Church/Selected article">More articles...</a></b></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3ACatholic_Church%2FSelected_picture%2F6&action=edit"><span style="color:black">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="Selected_image" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Selected image</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#FFFFFF;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif/80px-Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif/120px-Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif/160px-Portal_Catholicism_Pictures.gif 2x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <hr /> <p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg/350px-St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg/525px-St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg/700px-St_Vitus_stained_glass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1463" data-file-height="974" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <p><small> Credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Diliff" title="User:Diliff">Diliff</a></small> </p> </div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/St._Vitus_Cathedral" title="St. Vitus Cathedral">St. Vitus Cathedral</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: <i lang="cs">Katedrála svatého Víta</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, and the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Prague" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Prague">Archbishop of Prague</a>. The full name of the cathedral is <i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vitus" title="Saint Vitus">St. Vitus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Wenceslas" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Wenceslas">St. Wenceslas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adalbert_of_Prague" title="Adalbert of Prague">St. Adalbert</a> Cathedral</i>. Located within <a href="/wiki/Prague_Castle" title="Prague Castle">Prague Castle</a> and containing the tombs of many <a href="/wiki/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bohemian</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Bohemia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Bohemia">kings</a>, this cathedral is an excellent example of <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a> and is the biggest and most important church in the country. </p> <div class="noprint" style="margin:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; padding:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholic_Church/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Catholic Church/Selected picture">More pictures...</a></b></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3ACatholic_Church%2FSelected_biography%2F21&action=edit"><span style="color:black">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="Selected_biography" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Selected biography</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#FFFFFF;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif/80px-Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif" decoding="async" width="80" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif/120px-Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif/160px-Portal_Catholicism_Biography.gif 2x" data-file-width="161" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <hr /> <p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Augustine_of_Canterbury.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Augustine in Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin in 1882."><img alt="Augustine in Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin in 1882." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Augustine_of_Canterbury.jpg/100px-Augustine_of_Canterbury.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Augustine_of_Canterbury.jpg/150px-Augustine_of_Canterbury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Augustine_of_Canterbury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="151" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Augustine in <i>Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints</i>, by Msgr. Paul Guérin in 1882.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Augustine of Canterbury</b> (died May 26, 604) was a <a href="/wiki/Benedictine" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a> who became the first <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a> in 598. He is considered the "Apostle to the English", a founder of the English Church, and a patron of England.Augustine was the <a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">prior</a> of a monastery in Rome when <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Pope Gregory the Great</a> chose him in 595 to lead a mission to Britain to convert the <a href="/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">pagan</a> King <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelberht_of_Kent" title="Æthelberht of Kent">Æthelberht</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kent" title="Kingdom of Kent">Kent</a> to <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. Kent was probably chosen because it was near the Christian kingdoms in <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>, and because Æthelberht had married a Christian princess, <a href="/wiki/Bertha_of_Kent" title="Bertha of Kent">Bertha</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Charibert" title="Charibert">Charibert</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Frankish_kings" title="List of Frankish kings">King of Paris</a>, who was expected to exert some influence over her husband. Although the missionaries considered turning back before they reached Kent, Gregory urged them on, and in 597 Augustine landed on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet" title="Isle of Thanet">Isle of Thanet</a> and proceeded to Æthelberht's main town of Canterbury. <br /><a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury"><b>Read more...</b></a> </p> <div class="noprint" style="margin:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; padding:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholic_Church/Selected_biography" title="Portal:Catholic Church/Selected biography">More biographies...</a></b></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 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asked during the <b><a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1572" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 1572">papal conclave of 1572</a></b> by a representative of <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">King Philip II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> to withdraw his candidacy in order to maintain peace in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>?</li> <li>...that <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Age_of_Discovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Portugal in the Age of Discovery">Portuguese explorer</a> <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> was buried in <b><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Church,_Cochin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Francis Church, Cochin">St. Francis Church</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>?</li></ul> <div class="noprint" style="margin:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; padding:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholic_Church/DYK" title="Portal:Catholic 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He was a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Christian_missionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian missionary">missionary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a> who co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Society of Jesus</a> and, as a representative of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>, led the first Christian mission to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. <p>Born in the town of <a href="/wiki/Xavier,_Spain" title="Xavier, Spain">Xavier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Navarre" title="Kingdom of Navarre">Kingdom of Navarre</a>, he was a companion of <a href="/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola" title="Ignatius of Loyola">Ignatius of Loyola</a> and one of the first seven <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a> who took vows of poverty and chastity at <a href="/wiki/Montmartre" title="Montmartre">Montmartre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> in 1534. He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire_in_the_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Empire in the East">Portuguese Empire in the East</a>, and was influential in <a href="/wiki/Evangelization" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelization">evangelization</a> work, most notably in <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Early modern India">early modern India</a>. He was extensively involved in the missionary activity in <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a>. In 1546, Francis Xavier proposed the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Goan_Inquisition" class="mw-redirect" title="Goan Inquisition">Goan Inquisition</a> in a letter addressed to King <a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Portugal" title="John III of Portugal">John III of Portugal</a>. While some sources claim that he actually asked for a special minister whose sole office would be to further <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Goa" title="Christianity in Goa">Christianity in Goa</a>, others disagree with this assertion. As a representative of the king of Portugal, he was also the first major <a href="/wiki/Christian_missionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian missionary">Christian missionary</a> to venture into <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maluku_Islands" title="Maluku Islands">Maluku Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and other areas. In those areas, struggling to learn the local languages and in the face of opposition, he had less success than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his mission to <a href="/wiki/Ming_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ming China">Ming China</a>, when he died on <a href="/wiki/Shangchuan_Island" title="Shangchuan Island">Shangchuan Island</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Full article...</a></b>) <br /> <b>Attributes: </b>Crucifix; preacher carrying a flaming heart; bell; globe; vessel; young bearded Jesuit in the company of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ignatius_Loyola" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Ignatius Loyola">Saint Ignatius Loyola</a>; young bearded Jesuit with a torch, flame, cross and lily <br /> <b>Patronage: </b>African missions; <a href="/wiki/Agartala,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Agartala, India">Agartala, India</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmedabad, India">Ahmedabad, India</a>; <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Louisiana" title="Alexandria, Louisiana">Alexandria, Louisiana</a>; Apostleship of Prayer; Australia; <a href="/wiki/Bombay,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay, India">Bombay, India</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengaluru, India">Bengaluru, India</a>; <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town,_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Town, South Africa">Cape Town, South Africa</a>; China; Dinajpur, Bangladesh; East Indies; Fathers of the Precious Blood; foreign missions; Freising, Germany; <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, India; <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin" title="Green Bay, Wisconsin">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a>; India; Indianapolis, Indiana; Key West, Florida; <a href="/wiki/Sophia_University" title="Sophia University">Sophia University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>; <a href="/wiki/University_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Saint Francis Xavier">University of Saint Francis Xavier</a>; Sucre, Bolivia; Joliet, Illinois; Kabankalan, Philippines; <a href="/wiki/Nasugbu,_Batangas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasugbu, Batangas">Nasugbu, Batangas</a>, Philippines; <a href="/wiki/Abuyog,_Leyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Abuyog, Leyte">Abuyog, Leyte</a>, Philippines; <a href="/wiki/Alegria,_Cebu" title="Alegria, Cebu">Alegria, Cebu</a>, Philippines; Macau; Madagascar; diocese of <a href="/wiki/Malindi" title="Malindi">Malindi</a>, Kenya; missionaries; Missioners of the Precious Blood; <a href="/wiki/Navarre" title="Navarre">Navarre</a>, Spain; navigators; New Zealand; parish missions; plague epidemics; Propagation of the Faith; <a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a>, Croatia; <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a>; <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholicism/Patron_Archive" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Catholicism/Patron Archive">...More patrons</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Read more...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3ACatholic_Church%2FSelected_quote%2F12&action=edit"><span style="color:black">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="Selected_quote" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Selected quote</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#FFFFFF;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg/120px-Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg/180px-Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg/240px-Portal_Catholism_quote.jpg 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="175" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <hr /> <p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert Bellarmine, SJ, Doctor of the Church"><img alt="Robert Bellarmine, SJ, Doctor of the Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg/91px-San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg/137px-San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg/182px-San_Roberto_Bellarmino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>Robert Bellarmine, SJ, Doctor of the Church</figcaption></figure> <table class="cquote pullquote" role="presentation" style="margin:auto; 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href="/wiki/Christian_monasticism" title="Christian monasticism">Monasticism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Christianity in the Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests" title="Early Muslim conquests">Islamic conquests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Pope Gregory I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Schism (1054)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investiture_Controversy" title="Investiture Controversy">Investiture Controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Schism" title="Western Schism">Schism (1378)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inquisition" title="Inquisition">Inquisition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_university" title="Medieval university">Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholasticism" title="Scholasticism">Scholasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_the_Age_of_Discovery" title="Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_modern_era" title="Christianity in the modern era">Modern era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church and Protestant">Protestantism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-Reformation" title="Counter-Reformation">Catholic Reformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Trent" title="Council of Trent">Trent</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dechristianization_of_France_during_the_French_Revolution" title="Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution">French Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Nazi_Germany" title="Catholic Church and Nazi Germany">Nazism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Vatican II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Holy See–Soviet Union relations">Communism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases" title="Catholic Church sexual abuse cases">Sexual abuse scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Islam" title="Catholic Church and Islam">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_Catholic_Church" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Catholic Church">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology" title="Catholic theology">Theology</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bible" title="Catholic Bible">Bible</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic tradition">Tradition</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism</a></i></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="General" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God" title="Kingship and kingdom of God">Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology_on_the_body" title="Catholic theology on the body">Body and soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">Divine grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogma_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Dogma in the Catholic Church">Dogma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints" title="List of Catholic saints">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">Salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_in_Catholic_theology" title="Ten Commandments in Catholic theology">Ten Commandments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a></li> <li>Official Bible <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixtine_Vulgate" title="Sixtine Vulgate">Sixtine Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixto-Clementine_Vulgate" title="Sixto-Clementine Vulgate">Sixto-Clementine Vulgate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Vulgata" title="Nova Vulgata">Nova Vulgata</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Worship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecclesiology" title="Catholic ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Communitas_perfecta" title="Communitas perfecta">Communitas perfecta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four marks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_true_church" title="One true church">One true church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholicity" title="Catholicity">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">Infallibility</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_Corporis_Christi" title="Mystici Corporis Christi">Mystici Corporis Christi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_God" title="People of God">People of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_Militant,_Penitent,_and_Triumphant" title="Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant">Three states</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">In canon law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">Sacraments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Penance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church">Anointing of the Sick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Last_rites" title="Last rites">Last rites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Catholic_Mariology" title="History of Catholic Mariology">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_popes" title="Mariology of the popes">Mariology of the popes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Mariology of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_philosophy" title="Christian philosophy">Philosophy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Moral theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personalism (Catholic)">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Science and the Catholic Church">Science</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Evolution and the Catholic Church">Evolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relations_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_state" title="Relations between the Catholic Church and the state">Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" title="Catholic Church and politics">Politics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint (Catholic)">Saints</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_(title)" title="Virgin (title)">Virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Organisation<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">Laity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Precedence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">By country</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">List of popes</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_living_cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of living cardinals">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicasteries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church">Synod of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See" title="Properties of the Holy See">Properties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Vatican City–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Vatican_City" title="Outline of Vatican City">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">Diocese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eparchy#Church_hierarchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">Bishop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">Primate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope emeritus">Emeritus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_(Western_Christianity)" title="Religious (Western Christianity)">Religious</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_(hierarchy)" title="Superior (hierarchy)">Superior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_general_(Christianity)" title="Superior general (Christianity)">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_superior" title="Provincial superior">Provincial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior, Prioress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">Brother</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_nun" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic nun">Nun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">Hermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate">Novice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Novice_master" title="Novice master">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblate" title="Oblate">Oblate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Particular churches</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Albanian Greek Catholic Church">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Belarusian Greek Catholic Church">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia_and_Serbia" title="Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia">Croatian and Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia" title="Catholic Church in Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Hungarian Greek Catholic Church">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Albanian_Catholic_Church" title="Italo-Albanian Catholic Church">Italo-Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Macedonian Greek Catholic Church">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Church">Melkite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Romanian Greek Catholic Church">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Russian Greek Catholic Church">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">Catholic liturgy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochene_Rite" title="Antiochene Rite">Antiochian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/160px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1137" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm">Website of the Holy See</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vaticanstate.va">Website of the Vatican City State</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3ACatholic_Church%2FWikiProjects&action=edit"><span style="color:black">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="WikiProjects" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">WikiProjects</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#FFFFFF;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <table style="background: transparent; width: 100%; margin: 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Catholicism" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/WikiProject_Catholicism.png/100px-WikiProject_Catholicism.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/WikiProject_Catholicism.png/150px-WikiProject_Catholicism.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/WikiProject_Catholicism.png/200px-WikiProject_Catholicism.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bible" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Bible"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bible-open.jpg/80px-Bible-open.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bible-open.jpg/120px-Bible-open.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bible-open.jpg/160px-Bible-open.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="737" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Catholicism/Canon_law_Task_Force" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism/Canon law Task Force"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Justice_and_law.svg/60px-Justice_and_law.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Justice_and_law.svg/90px-Justice_and_law.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Justice_and_law.svg/120px-Justice_and_law.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="801" data-file-height="801" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;padding-right: 1em; text-align: center; width: 50%;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Catholicism" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism">WikiProject Catholicism</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bible" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Bible">WikiProject Bible</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Catholicism/Canon_law_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism/Canon law Task Force">Canon law Task Force</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/50px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/75px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/100px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Religion" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Religious_syms.svg/80px-Religious_syms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Religious_syms.svg/120px-Religious_syms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Religious_syms.svg/160px-Religious_syms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Saints" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Isidor_von_Sevilla.jpeg/72px-Isidor_von_Sevilla.jpeg" decoding="async" width="72" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Isidor_von_Sevilla.jpeg/108px-Isidor_von_Sevilla.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Isidor_von_Sevilla.jpeg/144px-Isidor_von_Sevilla.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2705" data-file-height="3009" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; width: 50%;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity">WikiProject Christianity</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Religion" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion">WikiProject Religion</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Saints" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints">WikiProject Saints</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> </div> <div style="clear:both; width:100%"> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="Associated_Wikimedia" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Associated Wikimedia</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FFD700;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#FFFFFF;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239335380">.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li span{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;padding:6px 4px}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{text-align:center}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-light{display:none}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark{display:inline}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark{display:inline}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-light{display:none}}@media(min-width:360px){.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{width:33%;min-width:20em;white-space:nowrap;flex:1 0 25%}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{min-width:50px}}</style> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> sister projects provide more on this subject: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/31px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/47px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/62px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:Search/Category:Catholic Church">Commons</a></span><br />Free media repository</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/35px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/53px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/70px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wikibooks</a></span><br />Free textbooks and manuals</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/47px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/71px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/94px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wikidata</a></span><br />Free knowledge base</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/51px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="51" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/77px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/102px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wikinews</a></span><br />Free-content news</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/35px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/53px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/70px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wikiquote</a></span><br />Collection of quotations</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/35px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/53px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/70px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wikisource</a></span><br />Free-content library</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/41px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="41" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/62px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/82px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wikiversity:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wikiversity</a></span><br />Free learning tools</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/35px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/53px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/70px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Catholic_Church" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/Catholic Church">Wiktionary</a></span><br />Dictionary and thesaurus</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335380"> <div class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Discover Wikipedia using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal" title="Wikipedia:Portal">portals</a></b></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/35px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/53px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/70px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">List of all portals</a></span></div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/35px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/53px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png 1.5x, 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