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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

of conscience" and the importance of the laity in shaping church law. In October 1984, CFC (then Catholics for a Free Choice) placed an advertisement...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

List of former Catholics List of converts to the Catholic Church List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church List of Catholic saints Military...

17:44-55 online. Ana Maria Bidegain, "From Catholic Action to Liberation Theology: The Historical Process of the Laity in Latin America in the Twentieth Century"...

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

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

Opus Dei (Work of God) was founded in Spain in 1928 by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá. Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members to...

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

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

institutes such as the Dominicans, there are many groups more focused on Catholic laity in Ireland, such as: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (1844) Ancient...

(Apostolic Activity), also known as the "Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity", is one of the 16 magisterial documents of the Second Vatican Council....

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...

[katoˈliːkn̩ˌtaːk] , lit. 'Catholics Day') is a festival-like gathering in German-speaking countries organized by laity of the Catholic Church. Katholikentag...