people who follow the Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination with the Pope as its head.
From Greek 'katholikos' meaning 'universal' or 'whole'. The Church adopted the name to mean it was a universal Christian church, and followers became known as Catholics.
The word 'Catholic' literally means 'universal'—the Church named itself to claim it was the universal Christian church. Over 1.3 billion people today follow this 2,000-year-old institution!
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