largest catholic church

Islam is possible but they aren't organized like the Catholic church.

Wikipedia says: The Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population.

With the fact that Christianity is the dominant Earthly religion in mind, the answer to your question is a solid, resounding yes.

Not only do Catholics represent the largest organized religion, but the largest religion, period. Not necessarily the fastest growing, however.

2009-02-08 23:07:38 by Mars! Smile

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When measured in terms of acreage, I wouldn't be surprised because the church owns cemetaries in addition to churches, schools, offices, community centers and the like. When measured in terms of value, the church is probably waaay off the mark because other landowners build office buildings and such.

2007-05-16 13:01:31 by scottydtw

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I've wondered why the Catholic women stopped wearing hats to church? I've lived across the street from a large Catholic church for the last 50 years. This home was my parents, and when they both passed away at the same time in a auto accident, I was left their home. Even when I married, me and my husband stayed in this home and raised our children here. Anyway I watched from my window the changes in the church as the years go by and often wondered why the hats came off, when at one time they could not enter without covering their heads. I'm just curious I guess.
where in the Bible does it say a woman is to cover her head?

ALL people used to wear hats whenever they went out in public, and Church was no exception. After people stopped wearing hats when they went out, ladies still wore them to Church because the Bible says that women should cover their heads as a sign of humility -- the idea being that a woman's hair is part of what makes her beautiful, so she should cover that up so that everybody can focus on the beauty of the Lord.

It is a discipline that still exists -- in other words, Catholic women should still cover their hair when in Church -- but it is not enforced in the U.S. If a woman (of any faith) were to visit St. Peter's at the Vatican, she would be required to cover her hair before entering.

Read chapter 11 of 1 Corinthians for details about why women should cover their heads in church and men should not.

I have to wonder, though, why you stand by your window and watch people going to church for all these years instead of going yourself? You'd get a lot more out of the experience if you actually went in.

Contrary to what some suggested above, Vatican II did NOT change the rules about women wearing head covering. A U.S. newspaper reporter published something along that lines, but that reporter was mistaken. The rule remains.

Similarly, Fridays are still days of penance for Catholics. Eating meat is one option -- other options are doing a work of mercy (like serving at a soup kitchen), adding extra prayers to your normal observance, etc. The reason this was adjusted was to reflect the culture -- fish used to be cheap and beef was expensive, now the reverse is true and beef is the cheap food.

Also, we still give up meat on Fridays during Lent.

NOT observing penitent Fridays is only a venial sin, so eating meat on Fridays was NEVER a mortal sin.

2009-01-22 17:43:48 by AnnG

Yes.

The major branches of Christianity and the number of their adherents are:

Catholic 1,050,000,000
Orthodox/Eastern Christian 240,000,000
African indigenous sects (AICs) 110,000,000
Pentecostal 105,000,000
Reformed/Presbyterian/Congregational/United 75,000,000
Anglican 73,000,000
Baptist 70,000,000
Methodist 70,000,000
Lutheran 64,000,000
Jehovah's Witnesses 14,800,000
Adventist 12,000,000
Latter Day Saints 12,500,000
Apostolic/New Apostolic 10,000,000
Stone-Campbell ("Restoration Movement") 5,400,000
New Thought (Unity, Christian Science, etc.) 1,500,000
Brethren (incl. Plymouth) 1,500,000
Mennonite 1,250,000
Friends (Quakers) 300,000

http://adherents.com/adh_branches.html#C hristianity

With love in Christ.

2008-07-22 09:03:18 by cholito lindo

It has come to my attention that the Catholic Relief group just received a $6.2 million dollar grant for AIDS. Are they really going to hand out condoms to those that need them? What is up with this?

I suspect they are using the money to treat people who already have the disease. In other words, the money is for medicine, clinics, support help, food and other related needs.

2006-01-29 12:54:46 by howlincoyote