How to Use Catholicism in a Sentence

Catholicism

noun
  • For the Jacobins, Catholicism stood in the way of the supreme god of self.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2024-08-11
  • So why in a faith based on reason, such as Catholicism, should prayer be any different?
    — Mike Kerrigan, wsj.com, 2023-05-05
  • The chatbot was meant to help curious users learn about Catholicism.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 2024-06-12
  • Lovell's devout Catholicism also played a huge role, Mone said.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2024-06-11
  • In the Catholicism of my youth, a woman’s only role was to birth and raise more Catholics.
    — Clare Egan, Longreads, 2024-02-13
  • What set Buckley apart was less his politics than his Catholicism.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 2025-05-26
  • In Catholicism, Mass is something only the priests can offer.
    — Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 2024-08-08
  • Now, of course, this is what Catholics say, too, but Catholicism has changed tremendously over the centuries.
    — Lauren Green, Fox News, 2023-04-04
  • It's combined with a form of Catholicism that places John the Baptist above Christ.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 2023-06-22
  • Conclave sees the beauty in those differences and how Catholicism persists, as flawed as its stewards may be.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 2025-01-12
  • The holiday has long ties to Catholicism and celebrates the night before the birth of Christ.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 2024-12-24
  • While much of the site’s roots are in Catholicism, the Fillers want the monastery site to draw people of all backgrounds, beliefs and ages.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 2025-05-31
  • So how did converting to Catholicism affect your relationship with the idea of evil?
    — Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 2025-07-16
  • There are remnants of Catholicism and the roaring ’20s in the collection.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 2023-09-13
  • Her journey away from Catholicism started with her divorce in 2006.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 2023-04-21
  • In Catholicism incorruptible saints give witness to the truth of the resurrection and life that is to come.
    — Raja Razek, CNN, 2023-05-26
  • Still, even serious Tolkien scholars have remained divided on how much weight to give to his Catholicism.
    — Bradley J. Birzer, National Review, 2023-12-24
  • Vance converted to Catholicism at Madeira church Vance's faith is strongly tied to Cincinnati.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2025-07-02
  • The thing that connects their being Polish and Puerto Rican would of course be Catholicism.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2021-12-29
  • But that was my life up until that moment, 21 years of Catholicism, and living on Earth, and pop culture, and all that stuff resulted in that movie.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2025-06-04
  • Rome had been the capital of the West for centuries; and even if that status was long past, the city remained the capital of Roman Catholicism.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-04-19
  • The point is that Native myths, Catholicism, and science fiction all ask versions of the same question: How preordained is destiny?
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 2021-03-03
  • To many, Rome is the epicenter of Catholicism, the seat of the Vatican and home to a seemingly infinite number of churches.
    — David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 2023-05-01
  • In the past decade, Nashville area Catholicism underwent dramatic change largely for reasons unique to this region and not global trends in the Catholic Church.
    — Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2025-07-02
  • The DeFlorios, strong in their Christian faith, with a lot of Catholicism mixed in, have done investigations and healing blessings all over the country.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The face of Catholicism is changing as well, with Hispanic Catholics now approaching the percentage of white Catholics (8% vs. 12%).
    — Russell Contreras, Axios, 2024-09-13
  • Last lent in February 2023, Wahlberg discussed the balance of practicing Catholicism in the public eye while on Today.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 2024-02-11
  • As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
  • In an important variation, medieval soldiers returning from war regularly spent an extended period of penance in monasteries – a recognition of Catholicism’s teaching that any war is inherently sinful.
    — Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Prevost also condemned popular culture, societal, and media efforts that went against Catholicism and promoted the acceptance of homosexual relationships.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025

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