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Catholic Church

Christian church based in Rome

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The Catholic Church (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica), commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian denomination, with an estimated 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized members worldwide as of 2025. One of the world's oldest continuously functioning institutions, it has played a formative role in the development of Western civilization. The Church consists of 24 sui iuris (autonomous) churches—the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches—which together encompass nearly 3,500 dioceses and eparchies governed by bishops.