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The American Catholic Church in the United States states that it adheres to the doctrine of Second Vatican Council. [4] It celebrates the seven sacraments of baptism, confirmation, communion, reconciliation, anointing of the sick, holy orders and matrimony; and believes the sacrament of marriage can be celebrated for same-sex couples.
The American National Catholic Church (ANCC) is an Independent Catholic church established in 2009. [2] The ANCC was founded with the mission of fully implementing its interpretation of the Second Vatican Council and is notably more liberal than the Roman Catholic Church in its acceptance of married clergy, homosexuality, same-sex marriage, the ordination of women, and use of contraception.
[64] [129] Because conversion away from Catholicism as well as dropping out of religion completely is presently occurring much more quickly among Hispanics than among Euro-American whites, Black (2.9% of US Catholic population) [130] and Asian-American Catholics, it is doubtful they will outnumber the latter three categories of Catholics in the ...
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
At the Vatican, a respectful dialogue about reforming the church; in the U.S., a high-profile display of old-school church power. Among rank-and-file American Catholics, Francis is enormously ...
American anti-Catholicism originally derived from the theological heritage of the Protestant Reformation and the European wars of religion (16th–18th century). Because the Reformation was based on an effort to correct what was perceived as the errors and excesses of the Catholic Church, its proponents formed strong positions against the Roman clerical hierarchy in general and the Papacy in ...
A Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh (2005) online; Hennesey, James. American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United States (Oxford University Press, 1981), puts politics in context of social history. online
American Catholic Church in the United States; American Catholic Church (1915) American National Catholic Church; Community Catholic Church of Canada; Canonical Old Roman Catholic Church; Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch; Christ Catholic Church; Ecumenical Catholic Church; Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ; Ecumenical Catholic Communion ...