Catholicism

Catholicism

The full name of Catholicism is "Roman Catholic Church", also known as "Roman Catholic Church", which was also transliterated as "gatherism" before. Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox and Protestantism are the three major sects of Christianity, which are commonly referred to as "Christian religion" in Chinese academic circles.

Christian religion is a religious system that believes in Jesus Christ as the Savior. It believes that God is the trinity of father, son and Holy Spirit, the resurrection and judgment after death, the return of Christ and the salvation of the world. It originated from ancient Palestine, matured in the ancient Roman Empire, was founded as the representative of Western religious ideology in the middle ages of Europe, and has gained its global development since modern times. At present, Christianity has developed into the largest religion in the world according to its number of believers and geographical distribution. Its total number of believers is 2.3 billion, accounting for 31.2% of the world's population and 44% of the total number of religious believers in the world. It has a broad and profound impact on human society, ideology, culture, politics and economy. Catholics claim that there are 1.313 billion Catholics in the world, accounting for 17.7% of the world's total population. The proportion of Catholics in each continent is 48.5% in America, 21.8% in Europe, 17.8% in Africa, 11.1% in Asia and 0.8% in Oceania.