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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gll%C3%A9se_catolica_copta" title="Égllése catolica copta – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Égllése catolica copta" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilesia_cat%C3%B3lica_copta" title="Ilesia católica copta – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ilesia católica copta" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Копцкая Каталіцкая Царква – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Копцкая Каталіцкая Царква" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Копцкая Каталіцкая Царква – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Копцкая Каталіцкая Царква" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Коптска католическа църква – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Коптска католическа църква" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esgl%C3%A9sia_Cat%C3%B2lica_Copta" title="Església Catòlica Copta – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Església Catòlica Copta" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koptsk%C3%A1_katolick%C3%A1_c%C3%ADrkev" title="Koptská katolická církev – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Koptská katolická církev" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koptisch-katholische_Kirche" title="Koptisch-katholische Kirche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Koptisch-katholische Kirche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_cat%C3%B3lica_copta" title="Iglesia católica copta – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Iglesia católica copta" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopta_Katolika_Eklezio" title="Kopta Katolika Eklezio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kopta Katolika Eklezio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Katoliko_Koptoa" title="Eliza Katoliko Koptoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eliza Katoliko Koptoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%B7%DB%8C" title="کلیسای کاتولیک قبطی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلیسای کاتولیک قبطی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_catholique_copte" title="Église catholique copte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Église catholique copte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%A5%ED%8A%B8_%EA%B0%80%ED%86%A8%EB%A6%AD%EA%B5%90%ED%9A%8C" title="콥트 가톨릭교회 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="콥트 가톨릭교회" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%82%D5%BA%D5%BF%D5%AB_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB" title="Ղպտի կաթոլիկ եկեղեցի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ղպտի կաթոլիկ եկեղեցի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koptska_katoli%C4%8Dka_Crkva" title="Koptska katolička Crkva – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Koptska katolička Crkva" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gereja_Katolik_Koptik" title="Gereja Katolik Koptik – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gereja Katolik Koptik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_cattolica_copta" title="Chiesa cattolica copta – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chiesa cattolica copta" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanisa_Katoliki_la_Wakopti" title="Kanisa Katoliki la Wakopti – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kanisa Katoliki la Wakopti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopt_katolikus_egyh%C3%A1z" title="Kopt katolikus egyház – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kopt katolikus egyház" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AD" title="കോപ്റ്റിക് കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കോപ്റ്റിക് കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87" title="الكنيسه القبطيه الكاتوليكيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الكنيسه القبطيه الكاتوليكيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koptisch-Katholieke_Kerk" title="Koptisch-Katholieke Kerk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Koptisch-Katholieke Kerk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%88%E5%85%B8%E7%A4%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E6%95%99%E4%BC%9A" title="コプト典礼カトリック教会 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コプト典礼カトリック教会" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_koptiske_katolske_kirke" title="Den koptiske katolske kirke – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Den koptiske katolske kirke" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_katolicki_obrz%C4%85dku_koptyjskiego" title="Kościół katolicki obrządku koptyjskiego – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kościół katolicki obrządku koptyjskiego" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igreja_Cat%C3%B3lica_Copta" title="Igreja Católica Copta – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Igreja Católica Copta" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C" title="Коптская католическая церковь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Коптская католическая церковь" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg/200px-Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg/300px-Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg/400px-Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1167" data-file-height="776" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt" title="Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt">Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Structure</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">Patriarchate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Patriarch_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria">Patriarch</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Isaac_Sidrak" title="Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak">Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Oriental_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Oriental Churches">Congregation for the Oriental Churches</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data">Egypt, with communities in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Liturgy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Rite" title="Coptic Rite">Coptic Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt" title="Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt">Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Congregations</th><td class="infobox-data">166 (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">187,320 (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)" title="Minister 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Church in Asia">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_Europe" title="Coptic Orthodox Church in Europe">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_North_America" title="Coptic Orthodox Church in North America">North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_South_America" title="Coptic Orthodox Church in South America">South America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_diaspora" title="Coptic diaspora">Diaspora</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:#870409; color:white;"> Denominations</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Coptic Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Egypt" title="Protestantism in Egypt">Protestantism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Egypt_(Synod_of_the_Nile)" title="Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)">Evangelical Church</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_christianity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/16px-P_christianity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/24px-P_christianity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/32px-P_christianity.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Christianity" title="Portal:Christianity">Christianity portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Copts_sidebar" title="Template:Copts sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Copts_sidebar" title="Template talk:Copts sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Copts_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Copts sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Coptic Catholic Church</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Particular_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Particular Church">particular Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">full communion</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. Along with the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian Catholic Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean Catholic Church</a>, it belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian liturgical tradition.</a> Uniquely among the Alexandrian Rite <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgies</a>, the Coptic Catholic Church uses the <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Rite" title="Coptic Rite">Coptic Rite</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic language</a> (derived from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Egyptian language">Ancient Egyptian</a>) in its liturgy; the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian Catholic Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean Catholic Church</a> use the <a href="/wiki/Ge%27ez_Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ge'ez Rite">Ge'ez Rite</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Patriarch_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria">Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria</a> is <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Isaac_Sidrak" title="Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak">Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak</a>, who replaced <a href="/wiki/Antonios_Naguib" title="Antonios Naguib">Antonios Naguib</a> in 2013. The offices of the <a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">patriarchate</a> are located in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>. The patriarchal <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Egypt" title="Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt">Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt</a> is in <a href="/wiki/Nasr_City" title="Nasr City">Nasr City</a>, a suburb of Cairo.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings">Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> in the 5th century and the official separation of the <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic Church</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a> churches, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> has attempted to achieve reunion with the Copts in Egypt many times. During the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Florence" title="Council of Florence">Council of Florence</a> in 1442, the Coptic delegates present agreed to a reunion with the papacy in Rome,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the Coptic populace was opposed to the idea, and the union did not take effect. Further failed attempts at reunion were undertaken by Coptic delegates in 1560 and 1582.<sup id="cite_ref-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 17th century, at the behest of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII" title="Pope Urban VIII">Pope Urban VIII</a>, Catholic missionaries (primarily <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan">Franciscans</a>) started to come to Egypt. In 1630, a number of missions of the <a href="/wiki/Capuchin_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Capuchin Order">Capuchin Order</a> were founded in the Levant by Joseph of Paris, including in Cairo.<sup id="cite_ref-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the mission in Cairo initially faced setbacks, tensions with the local Coptic priesthood were minimized with the arrival of Capuchin priest Agathangelo of Vendome to the city in 1633. </p><p>Initial relations between Catholics and Copts in Egypt were poor. One Coptic councilor in 1637 referred to the Roman Church in Egypt as "a brothel".<sup id="cite_ref-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Agathangelo_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Agathangelo-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attempts to excommunicate Catholic offenders in the city were seemingly fruitless.<sup id="cite_ref-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coptic_Relations_With_Rome-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agathangelo would later be hanged as a <a href="/wiki/Martyr" title="Martyr">martyr</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> by order of the Ethiopian king in 1638,<sup id="cite_ref-Agathangelo_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Agathangelo-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the mission in Cairo would start to decline. The <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuits</a> came in 1675.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1741, the Coptic bishop, Anba Athanasius of <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, became a Catholic. <sup id="cite_ref-ce_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ce-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1781, he was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Pope Benedict XIV</a> as <a href="/wiki/Vicar_apostolic" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicar apostolic">vicar apostolic</a> of the fewer than 2,000 Egyptian Coptic Catholics.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, Athanasius returned to the Coptic Orthodox Church and others served as Catholic vicar apostolic.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patriarchate">Patriarchate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Patriarchate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the assumption that the Ottoman viceroy wanted a Catholic patriarch for the Coptic Catholics in 1824, the Pope established the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Coptic_Catholic_Patriarchs_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Coptic Catholic Patriarchs of Alexandria">Patriarchate of Alexandria</a><sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Syria,_Egypt,_Arabia_and_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus">Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus</a><sup id="cite_ref-gci_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gci-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it was basically <a href="/wiki/Titular_see" title="Titular see">titular</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ottomans in 1829 allowed the Coptic Catholics to build their own churches.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of Catholics of this rite increased to the point that <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Leo XIII</a> in 1895 restored the Catholic patriarchate.<sup id="cite_ref-ce_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ce-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He initially named <a href="/wiki/Kyrillos_Makarios" title="Kyrillos Makarios">Bishop Cyril Makarios</a> as patriarchal vicar. Makarios then presided over a synod, which led to the introduction of some Latin practices. In 1899, Leo appointed Makarios as patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, taking the name Cyril II. He resigned in 1908 at the request of the Pope over a controversy. The patriarchate seat remained vacant until an election in 1947<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was administered by an apostolic administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-gci_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gci-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hierarchy">Hierarchy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hierarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Coptic Catholic Church <i>sui juris</i> comprises a single <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">ecclesiastical province</a>, covering <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> alone. The Patriarch is the sole <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">metropolitan archbishop</a>, retaining the ancient title Alexandria but his actual seat is in Egypt's modern capital <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>. </p><p>Coptic Catholic Church has eight suffragan bishops, throughout Egypt, comprising the only Coptic Catholic <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">ecclesiastical province</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abu_Qirqas" title="Abu Qirqas">Abu Qurqas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria">Alexandria</a> (Patriarch's original home seat), <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Assiut" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Assiut">Assiut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Giza" title="Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Giza">Giza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ismailia#The_Eastern_Catholic_Eparchy" title="Ismailia">Ismailia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxor#Coptic_Catholic_Eparchy" title="Luxor">Luxor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Minya" title="Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya">Minya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Sohag" title="Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag">Sohag</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png/220px-CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png/330px-CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png/440px-CopticCatholicJurisdiction.png 2x" data-file-width="1492" data-file-height="1324" /></a><figcaption>A map of the jurisdictions of the Coptic Catholic Church</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_orders">Religious orders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religious orders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Coptic Catholic Church does not have Coptic <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monasteries</a>. Instead the Church has <a href="/wiki/Religious_congregations" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious congregations">religious congregations</a> such as the three communities for women: the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Sisters of the Sacred Heart">Sisters of the Sacred Heart</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Sisters_of_Jesus_and_Mary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coptic Sisters of Jesus and Mary (page does not exist)">Coptic Sisters of Jesus and Mary</a> (both based in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>) and the Egyptian Province of the <a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_of_Jesus" title="Little Sisters of Jesus">Little Sisters of Jesus</a>. There is also a community of male <a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_and_health_services">Educational and health services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Educational and health services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most candidates for the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterate" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterate">priesthood</a> are trained at <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Leo%27s_Patriarchal_Seminary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Leo's Patriarchal Seminary (page does not exist)">St. Leo's Patriarchal Seminary</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="ar:إكليريكية الأقباط الكاثوليك بالمعادي">ar</a>]</span>, in suburban Cairo. More than 100 Coptic Catholic parishes administer primary schools, and some have secondary schools as well. The church maintains a hospital, a number of medical dispensaries and clinics, and several orphanages.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecumenism">Ecumenism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ecumenism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Relations between the Coptic Catholic Church and the larger Coptic Orthodox Church are generally very good.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Catholicism">Eastern Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Egypt" title="List of Catholic dioceses in Egypt">List of Catholic dioceses in Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Coptic_Catholic_Patriarchs_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Coptic Catholic Patriarchs of Alexandria">List of Coptic Catholic Patriarchs of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monasticism" title="Monasticism">Monasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox Church">Oriental Orthodox Church</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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</ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Upper+Egypt%E2%80%99s+Copts%3A+Coptic+Christians+strive+to+improve+the+lot+of+all+Egyptians.&rft.aulast=Sprague&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcnewa.org%2Fmagazine%2Fupper-egypts-copts-30952%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACoptic+Catholic+Church" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources_and_external_links">Sources and external links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sources and external links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://coptcatholic.net">Coptic Catholic Patriarchate official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://facecharity.org/eastern-churches/coptic-catholic-church-2/">Coptic Catholic Church page at Fellowship and Aid to the Christians of the East</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201051/http://www.cnewa.org/mag-article-bodypg-us.aspx?articleID=736">Article on "Life in a Coptic Catholic Village"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcPZu02_RsI">"Italian-language video on the Coptic Catholic Church"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qobnAQrtr6A">"Video of the ordination of Coptic Catholic deacons"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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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 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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 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<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 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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 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Braga">Braga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Use" title="Anglican Use">Anglican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Use" title="Zaire Use">Zaire</a></li></ul></li></ul></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_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic culture">Culture</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/Catholic_art" title="Catholic art">Art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_art_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marian art in the Catholic Church">Marian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_artists" title="List of Catholic artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_writers" title="List of Catholic writers">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Catholic_church_buildings" title="Lists of Catholic church buildings">Church buildings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">Altarpieces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Catholicism" title="Folk Catholicism">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_music" title="Category:Catholic music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Holy_See" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See">Distinctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization" title="Role of Christianity in civilization">Role in civilisation</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Criticism of the Catholic Church">Criticism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">Anti-Catholicism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_media" title="Category:Catholic media">Media</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_See_Press_Office" title="Holy See Press Office">Holy See Press Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Media" title="Vatican Media">Vatican Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_News" title="Vatican News">Vatican News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Television_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Television Center">Vatican Television Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vatican Polyglot Press</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acta_Apostolicae_Sedis" title="Acta Apostolicae Sedis">Acta Apostolicae Sedis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_order_(Catholic)" title="Religious order (Catholic)">Religious orders</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">institutes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_apostolic_life" title="Society of apostolic life">societies</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/Assumptionists" title="Assumptionists">Assumptionists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Annunciation_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary" title="Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary">Annonciades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Basil_the_Great" title="Order of Saint Basil the Great">Basilians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedictines" title="Benedictines">Benedictines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehemites" title="Bethlehemites">Bethlehemites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation" title="Order of the Most Holy Annunciation">Blue nuns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camaldolese" title="Camaldolese">Camaldoleses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camillians" title="Camillians">Camillians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelites" title="Carmelites">Carmelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthusians" title="Carthusians">Carthusians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistercians" 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