Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church:

The Catholic Church also known as the Roman Catholic Church is said to be as the Christian Church in full communion with the Pope, who is currently Pope Benedict XVI. The origin is traced out to the original undivided Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through unbroken Apostolic Succession. It is not only as to be as the largest church but it also said as the largest organized body of any world religion. Statistical Yearbook of the Church and according to this the Church's worldwide recorded membership at the end of 2004 was 1,098,366,000 or with an approximate of 1 in 6 of the world's population. According to canon law, members are those who have been baptized in, or have been received into, the Catholic Church on making a profession of faith, provided they have not formally renounced membership.

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