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  1. Catholic vs Protestant Bible: Why Catholics Have 73 Books and Protestants 66A Catholic Bible has 73 books (46 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New); a Protestant Bible has 66 (39 and 27).
  2. Catholic vs Jesuit: Jesuits Are Catholics — Here Is the Actual DifferenceJesuits are Catholics.
  3. Are There Catholic Denominations? No: One Church Made Up of 24 ChurchesThe Catholic Church has no denominations: it is one Church made up of 24 churches sui iuris, the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, all in full communion with the pope.

The other 42 articles in the series

  1. Protestant vs Catholic: How Their Beliefs and Worship Differ
  2. How Rich Is the Vatican? What the Holy See’s Own Accounts Show
  3. Byzantine Catholic vs Roman Catholic: One Church, Two Ways of Worship
  4. Roman Catholic vs Catholic: The Same Church, With Exceptions
  5. Is the King James Bible Catholic? No. Here Are the Bibles Catholics Use
  6. Apostolic vs Catholic: What “Apostolic” Means, and How Apostolic Churches Differ
  7. What Does the Catholic Church Teach About Sex? Marriage, Contraception and Chastity
  8. 17 Catholic Bible Verses About Love
  9. Lutheran vs Catholic: Faith Alone, the Pope and Communion Compared
  10. Anglican vs Catholic: Why the Church of England Is Not Roman Catholic
  11. “Catholic Guilt” Explained
  12. How to Become a Nun: Requirements, Stages and Often 6 to 12 Years of Formation
  13. How to Address a Catholic Bishop: “Your Excellency” in Person and in Writing
  14. Catholic vs Christian: Catholics Are Christians Who Differ From Protestants
  15. Episcopal vs Catholic: The Real Differences, Compared
  16. Why Is the Catholic Lord’s Prayer Different? The Latin Bible Never Had “For Thine Is the Kingdom”
  17. What the Catholic Church Teaches About Jehovah’s Witnesses
  18. Catholic Prayers for the Critically Ill: For Healing, Strength and a Peaceful Death
  19. Are Catholic Churches Always Open? No: Church Law Asks for Some Hours a Day, and Few Open at Night
  20. Can Women Become Catholic Priests?
  21. Do Catholics Believe in Evolution? The Church Allows It, With Two Limits
  22. What to Wear to a Catholic Wake or Funeral
  23. Limbo vs Purgatory: Purgatory Is Catholic Doctrine; Limbo Was Never Defined
  24. Iglesia ni Cristo vs Catholic: The Key Differences, Starting With Who Jesus Is
  25. Catholics vs Atheists: How They Differ and What the Church Teaches
  26. Is Catholicism a Denomination? It Is a Christian Church That Does Not Call Itself One
  27. Catholic Christmas Traditions: A Season From Advent to the Baptism of the Lord
  28. Why Do Catholics Pray to Mary? To Ask Her Prayers, Not to Worship Her
  29. Catholic Church Sexual Abuse: The Numbers From the Inquiries
  30. Do Catholics Believe In The Rapture?
  31. How to Pray the Rosary: The Steps, the Prayers and the Mysteries for Each Day
  32. How Monasteries Spread Christianity: Monks, Missions and Books
  33. What Is Midnight Mass? The Christmas Mass in the Night, Often Before Midnight
  34. How Many Popes Have There Been? 267, From Saint Peter to Leo XIV
  35. Do Catholics Believe In Ghosts?
  36. What to Wear to the Easter Vigil: Sunday Best, Warm Layers, and White Is Fine
  37. Is the Catholic Church Growing? Yes, Fastest in Africa
  38. How Many Catholic Dioceses Are in the US? 196
  39. Facts About the Pope: Leo XIV, What a Pope Does and How He Is Chosen
  40. How to Go to Confession: What to Say and the Act of Contrition
  41. Examination of Conscience: A Catholic Guide by the Ten Commandments
  42. Act of Contrition: The Traditional Prayer, the New Versions and What Each Line Means

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