"Catholic Church" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the Christian Church which traces its origins to the teachings of Jesus Christ and his apostles. For example: The Catholic Church has been in existence since the time of Jesus.
Once upon a time not long ago Fine Gael leaders were even more strident in their defence of the Catholic church's "special position" within Irish life as drawn up in Éamon de Valera's 1937 constitution.
I have found that the ruling families have been unstintingly generous towards the church, especially in the UAE.
During evidence on the behaviour of nuns from the Sisters of Nazareth order at two Catholic church-run children's homes in Derry, the inquiry heard that children were beaten for bedwetting and had soiled sheets placed on their heads to humiliate them.
In 1970, Fitt was one of a disparate group of leaders of the Catholic community, including John Hume, Austin Currie, Paddy Devlin and the Protestant Ivan Cooper, who came together to form the Social Democratic and Labour party (SDLP).
Victims have called for Australia's most senior Catholic figure to return from Rome to face allegations made during hearings of the commission in Ballarat this week.
The suggestion is viewed as a positive and pragmatic step by many, but there is no question it represents a significant retreat for the Church of England.
One potential solution is to make the buildings themselves work harder, says Canon Dr Jill Hopkinson, the Church of England's national rural officer.
That has implications enough for the church in the inner city, but what are the ramifications in the countryside where, for a thousand years, the Church of England has often been the institution that holds rural communities together?
Astonishingly, ECB chairman Jean-Claude Trichet said in a press conference on Thursday that the central bank had to stick to its "doctrine" – a word closer to strict Catholic rule than to the ever changing financial markets.
He was the patron of an alternative medicine charity run by Dr Patrick Pietroni, who had a GP practice in the basement of Marylebone Church.
Families who have been processed and released to join relatives while they wait for their court hearings still arrive in droves at the Sacred Heart Catholic church hall in downtown McAllen clutching A4 manilla envelopes containing official notices about their cases.
