It comes from earlier days when the Roman Catholic Church ruled that Catholics must not eat meat on Fridays.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

Well,at the time of the Reformation, Roman Catholics had not only the 27 books of the New Testament canon that we now have,and they had what Protestants came to accept as the Old Testament.

在宗教改革时期，罗马天主教不仅接受,新约里的27本书,他们还接受新教徒的旧约。

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So if you go to an Anglican church, they will also,most of the time, accept the Roman Catholic canon,along with Roman Catholics.

所以如果你到了圣公会，大多数时候，他们会接受，罗马天主教正典和罗马天主教徒。

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Toledo was a holy city for both the Roman Catholics and the Muslim Moors of Spain.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

Those books were accepted by Catholics, by Roman Catholics and by Christians up until the Reformation.

这些书为罗马天主教徒，和基督教徒所接受，直到宗教改革。

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" ...when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last!

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The Roman Catholics decided, "No. We're going to keep these documents,also."

罗马天主教教徒认为，“不，我们要保留这些文献“

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The controversy started on December 31, when the Malaysian High Court allowed Roman Catholics to use "Allah" to refer to God.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

The lifting of the excommunication and Williamson's comments outraged many Jews and Catholics, including bishops in Pope Benedict's native Germany.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The pontiff urged Catholics to help convert those confused by witchcraft, criticizing suggestions that such evangelism insults other faiths.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

The pope is in Angola to meet with leaders of the country's 10 million Catholics and pay tribute to the religion's long history.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

A group of about 100 African Catholics were in Saint Peter's Square waving African flags and banners that read "Africa Loves the Pope".

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

A legal dispute over the word "Allah" divides Muslims and Catholics in Malaysia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

And I am lucky to be here. It is great." For Catholics, Easter has been overshadowed by sex-abuse scandals in the Church, and accusations Pope Benedict did not do enough to discipline priests who abused children.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04