Tolkien was Catholic, true, but a Catholic in a distinctly Anglican setting.
Part of my excitement came from the fact that I am Catholic -- not a perfect Catholic, but someone who tries to take my faith seriously and is still thankful to my parents for sending me to a Catholic high school that I am convinced put me on a path to the profession I love so much today.
These include the disability of a man once ordained a Catholic priest from ever holding a seat in Parliament, and the disability of a Catholic from royal office.
Imagine if a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew, tried to get away with that.
If, for instance, a Catholic sees a relic in a pawnshop, he or she is obliged to buy it, so that it won't be used for blasphemous purposes by a nonbeliever.
Almost the only thing a Catholic (or even the spouse of a Catholic) cannot be, by British law, is king or queen.
He is a devout Catholic (a member of Opus Dei, "Da Vinci Code" fans) who urges O'Neill to pray regularly and confess his sins.
He was both a believing Catholic and a gay man who neither shook off the simple faith of his youth nor came fully to terms with his mature sexual urges.
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In the United States, a Catholic woman might attend a Roman parish, work for Catholic Charities, serve as an independent Catholic priest, officiate weddings for divorced Romans on weekends and do Buddhist meditation every morning, too.
All these aspects of my self marginalize me, but they don't make me a Catholic writer, a gay writer, a blended-family writer, a nut-job.
Built in 124 A.D. as a temple to all the gods of Rome, the Pantheon remains today as a Catholic church and a tomb for Italian luminaries, such as the artist Raphael and King Vittorio Emmanuelle II.
Of immigrant descent (with an Irish grandfather and a Spanish mother), he is a Jesuit-educated Catholic, a man who in a different country would be a Christian Democrat, but who has built bridges to the left with some populist touches.
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Garcia from the Calle 18 gang and Aristides Umanzor, aka "El Sirra, " from the Mara Salvatrucha - each backed up by 15 of their top lieutenants - sought out a Catholic bishop and a former leftist congressman to serve as mediators.
Gay rights activist Marcelo Marquez -- a self-described devout Catholic and former theology professor at a Catholic seminary -- said the then-archbishop of Buenos Aires had called him after he wrote an angry letter to Catholic leaders.
St Margaret's gives greater priority to prospective adoptive parents who are a couple, Catholic, married for at least two years and who wish to adopt within the framework of a Catholic faith, the report said.
He became a Roman Catholic, perhaps to please his wife, who came from a rich Catholic family, but like many Vietnamese he managed to divide his spiritual loyalties, occasionally worshipping at Buddhist shrines.
Chilean-born singer Tom Araya is a practicing Catholic who runs a family farm with his longtime wife and two children.
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The National Catholic Reporter, a weekly Catholic magazine, first broke the news.
The current building has been a vicarage, home to a Catholic religious order, a family house and most recently a youth hostel between 1960 and 2006.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees Mogg, a Roman Catholic, argued it was an "insult to the nation and to our sovereign and indeed to Parliament" and said he was unhappy that any child of an heir to throne who was married to a Catholic would not be brought up in the religion.
Dame, as a Catholic university, carries forward a great tradition of social teaching.
Mr Sata, a Catholic, is married to a doctor and has eight children.
For folks growing up in McAllen at the time, it was unthinkable that a Catholic priest would commit such a crime.
Robert Darakjy, a devout Idaho Catholic armed with a camcorder and umbrella, endured a long trip to greet the new pope.
What would the reaction be if a Catholic at the hotel makes a sign of the Cross when he or she sits down to eat?
She never dreamed, however, that simply by virtue of being born a Zolp and a Catholic she'd get a full scholarship for a college that suits her needs perfectly.
Likewise, a Catholic bishop might consider it a badge of honor to get an idea about religious education from the North American Jewish Day School Conference, or an insight into the broader culture from a novel written by an atheist.
The White House has a weekly conference call with an informal group of Catholic advisers, and the Republican National Committee has revived a Catholic task-force.
This fusion of African and British cultural themes, and their adaptation to a Spanish Catholic milieu, is a salient expression of creativity.
Burned at the stake for heresy, Joan is posthumously rehabilitated by the Catholic Church a generation later, and in 1920 she is made a saint.
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