Catholic laity are the ordinary members of the Catholic Church who are neither clergy nor recipients of Holy Orders or vowed to life in a religious order...

In religious organizations, the laity (/ˈleɪəti/) consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of...

questionnaire regarding the current opinions among the laity. He has also continued to assert present Catholic doctrine in less dramatic tone than his more direct...

social issues from a Catholic perspective. The Pontifical Council for the Laity is the body responsible for approving those Catholic associations that exist...

Many Catholics have made significant contributions to the development of science and mathematics from the Middle Ages to today. These scientists include...

Recent polls also find that the gap between Catholic clergy and laity views further widen among Catholics of color with 73% supporting the right to have...

Emanuela Orlandi (born 14 January 1968) was a Vatican teenager who mysteriously disappeared while returning home from music school in Rome on 22 June 1983...

upward trend in Catholic support for legal abortion aligns with a broader shift in American society. The gap between Catholic clergy and laity views is even...

among the laity. He continued to assert Catholic doctrine, in less dramatic tone than his recent predecessors, who maintained that the Catholic Church is...

pension or flee the country. Many Catholic nuns went to France. Anglican religious orders are organizations of laity or clergy in the Anglican Communion...

the second order (nuns, established second), and then the third order of laity who were established third. Saint Francis of Assisi, for example, is said...

as an apostolic movement on the island of Mallorca, where a group of Catholic laity first developed the Cursillo in 1944. With participation unrestricted...

some members of the Catholic laity. Pius XI opposed racism[1], considering it a form of materialism and a dogmatic error. The Catholic Church has long had...

The Catholic Church operates numerous charitable organizations. Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching...

November 30, 1990, The Pontifical Council for the Laity promulgated the decree which inaugurated the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities...

for laity, family, life". National Catholic Reporter. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 28 August 2016. "Statutes of the New Dicastery for the Laity, Family...

scientist and naturalist. He was active in the Catholic Summer School movement, which introduced Catholic laity to contemporary intellectual issues. His book...

In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious...

religious communities composed entirely of laity Christian democracy, particularly distributism Focolare, Catholic/Ecumenical movement promoting the ideals...

13). The Second Vatican Council of bishops in the Catholic Church has been seen as elevating the laity “from passive spectators to involved members”. It...

from society. Cooperate with other Catholic international organizations and the Pontifical Council for the Laity to advance the Christian way of life...

Lutheran Church, particularly the Small Catechism." Orthodox Christian Laity Brotherhoods (confraternities) Confraternities of the Cord Confraternity...

the laity. All positions regardless of responsibility are voluntary and the Legion has no paid workers. Membership is open to all baptized Catholics. After...

in the article; "the main contribution of Opus Dei is to accompany the laity [98% of its members] so that they can be protagonists of the evangelizing...

has been undertaken by the Catholic laity. In addition to activities in the parish, catechizing also takes place in Catholic schools through more formal...

The Pontifical Council for the Laity was a pontifical council of the Roman Catholic Curia from 1967 to 2016. It had the responsibility of assisting the...

Magisterium of Catholic teaching "once it has been ratified and promulgated by him". The new constitution also provides for the laity to send their contributions...

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who did not attend. There have been several organizations composed of Catholic laity and clergy which have advocated positions both supporting evolution...

clergy and the concomitant neglect of religious instruction among the Catholic laity. During the Protestant Reformation, the popular tracts and catechisms...