Catholic Church

Ministry of education
This panama region
venancio fenosa Paschal high school
Members:
abel a. perez zuñiga
anthoni santana
Luis jimenes
Roberto lasso
Starleth pino
Professor:
Elizabeth rodrigues
Matter:
ingles
theme:
Catholic Church
level:
vi t2
date of delivery
22/6/12

introduction
1 Name
2 Organisation and demographics
2.1 Papacy and Roman Curia
2.2 Autonomous particular churches
2.3 Dioceses,parishes and religious orders
2.4 Membership statistics
3 Worship and liturgy
3.1 Celebration of the Eucharist
3.2 Western liturgical rites
3.3 Eastern liturgical rites
4 Doctrine
4.1 Trinity
4.2 Apostolicity
4.3 Sacraments
4.4 Judgement after death
4.5 Virgin Mary
5 History
5.1 Apostolic period
5.2 Spread throughout the Roman Empire
5.3 Middle Ages
5.4 Doctrinal disputes and schisms
5.5 SecondVatican Council
5.6 New evangelisation
6 Contemporary issues
6.1 Social justice issues

Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with more than one billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity.
The Catholic Church isamong the oldest institutions in the world and has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilisation. It teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles and that the Pope is the sole successor to Saint Peter

Name
The term "catholic" is derived from the Greek word καθολικός (katholikos) meaning "universal" and wasfirst used to describe the Church in the early 2nd century. The term katholikos is equivalent to καθόλου (katholou), a contraction of the phrase καθ' ὅλου (kath' holou) meaning "according to the whole". "Catholic Church" (he katholike ekklesia) first appears in a letter of St Ignatius written in about 110. In the "Catechetical Discourses" of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, "Catholic Church" is used todistinguish it from other groups that also call themselves the church.
Organisation and demographics
* Papacy and Roman Curia
The Church holds that Christ instituted the papacy, upon giving the keys of Heaven to Saint Peter. Represented in a painting by Pietro Perugino.
The Church's hierarchy is headed by the Bishop of Rome, the pope, a position which makes him the leader of the worldwideCatholic Church (which is composed of the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the see of Rome). The current office-holder is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected in a papal conclave on 19 April 2005.

* Autonomous particular churches
The Catholic Church is made up of 23 autonomous particular churches, each of which accepts the paramountcy of the Bishop of Rome onmatters of doctrine.[32] These churches, also known by the Latin term sui iuris churches, are communities of Catholic Christians whose forms of worship reflect different historical and cultural influences rather than differences in doctrine.

* Dioceses, parishes and religious orders
Individual countries, regions, or major cities are served by local particular churches known as dioceses oreparchies, each overseen by a Catholic bishop. Each diocese is united with one of the worldwide "sui iuris" particular churches, such as the Latin Church, or one of the many Eastern Catholic Churches. As of 2008, the Catholic Church altogether comprised 2,795 dioceses. The bishops in a particular country or region are often organised into an episcopal conference, which aids in maintaining a uniform styleof worship and co-ordination of social justice programmes within the areas served by member bishops.

* Membership statistics
Total church membership (both lay and clerical) in 2007 was 1.147 billion people, increasing from the 1950 figure of 437 million and the 1970 figure of 654 million. On 31 December 2008, membership was 1.166 billion, an increase of 11.54% over the same date in 2000, only...