Catholicism

Example Sentences

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Leo's predecessor Francis largely overlooked many of Europe's traditional bastions of Catholicism where, like Spain, religious observance has been falling rapidly.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The coalition between a European Catholicism in eclipse and a Latin Catholicism in decline may not endure for all time, but it’s difficult to envision a practical alternative for today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, during a time when he was being heavily bankrolled by esoteric Catholic billionaire Peter Thiel.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

"The Pope is the Pope, we owe him a certain amount of deference, but I don't think that Catholicism wants the obedience of cadavers. We are living, thinking persons," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Those years were marked by the realization that my parents assumed a Catholicism very different from mine.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez