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WikiProject Catholicism is a WikiProject dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Catholic Church, including the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope in Rome. Feel free to join by adding your username to the members list!

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WikiProject Catholicism maintains a number of subpages in order to organize the work that is done here. Please feel free to pick out a page and help out.

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To-do list: A discussion on articles, categories and other things that need work.
Popular pages: A bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles.
Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for Catholicism articles.
Terminology: Discussion forum for terminology and translation issues.
Strategy: Strategy and structure. For policy discussions on how to title articles, how to categorise, etc.
Article Alerts: List of pages nominated for deletion, good article, featured status, RfC, etc.

Subprojects

WikiProject Catholicism is a subproject of Project Christianity.

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[[File:Emblem of the Holy See usual.svg|30px]]Featured content

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St Peter's Square, Vatican City - April 2007.jpg

Portrait of Thomas More by Hans Holbein d. J. in the Frick Colllection.jpg

NotreDameDeParis.jpg

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral at dusk (reduced grain), corrected perspective.jpg

St Vitus stained glass.jpg

Joan of Arc-Notre Dame.jpg

Intercession of Charles Borromeo supported by the Virgin Mary - Detail Rottmayr Fresco - Karlskirche - Vienna.JPG

Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Virgin_and_Child_with_Ss_Anne_and_John_the_Baptist.jpg

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Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy 2 - May 2007.jpg

Paus Nicolaas V door Peter Paul Rubens.jpg

John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt.jpg

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[[File:Emblem of the Holy See usual.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]] release version selections

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[[File:Emblem of the Holy See usual.svg|30px]] Future articles for consideration

The articles listed below which have not yet been started should at least be created as stubs. This list may stimulate thoughts on other topics, please feel free to add topics that are missing.

;General

Theology of the Priesthood (Catholic Church) Completed 16 Feb
History of Catholic theology (maybe specific articles for different periods):
Catholic theology in 19th century
Catholic theology in 20th century
History of Catholic philosophy (Christian philosophy wikilinks to articles an pieces of this)
History of Vatican finances (See {{oldid|Alleged corruption in the Catholic Church|894656747|this failed attempt for ideas}})
Catholic teachings on pacifism and just war (See Just war theory#Christian views for ideas)
Catholic teachings on business ethics (See Distributism for ideas)
Catholic education
Catholic mysticism
Catholic liturgical music - an historical overview; currently this is a redirect to Contemporary Catholic liturgical music, for ideas also see Catholic Reformation
Enforced baptism
Medical profession (Catholic) (See Conscience clause in medicine in the United States#Catholic doctrine and Catholic Church and health care for ideas)
Biomedical ethics (Catholic)
Legal profession (Catholic)
Historically Catholic nations

;Post-Enlightenment period

Modern history of Catholicism (History of the Catholic Church since 1962 is well developed)
Second Vatican Council era of the Catholic Church (1961-1978)
Pope John Paul II era of the Catholic Church (1978-2005)
Catholicism and Evangelical Christianity (See Catholic-Protestant relations for ideas)
Catholicism and population growth (For ideas see Christian population growth#Catholic Church)
Persecution of Catholics in the Spanish Civil War
Persecution by Catholics in the Spanish Civil War
Persecution by Catholics in Mexico
Persecution of Catholics in 20th-century China (See Catholic Church in China#People's Republic of China for ideas)
Persecution of Christians in Soviet Europe (See Religion in the Soviet Union#Catholics for a start)
Catholics for Peace and Justice organization
Priestless Catholic parishes

;Catholic organizations

Xaveri Uganda, major Catholic youth organization in Uganda
Kithu Dana Pubuduwa, major Catholic youth organization in Sri Lanka
Katholische Jugend, major Catholic youth organization in Austria
Missionary Families of Christ, lay Catholic organization in the Philippines (would like to revise this article based on both organizational sources as well as outside new sources)

;Hymns

Catholic use of Protestant hymns
Protestant use of Catholic hymns (the following are Catholic hymns used by Protestants)
Beim frühen Morgenlicht (see :s:When Morning Gilds the Skies)
{{ill|Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh|de}}
Jesu, komm' doch selbst zu mir[https://hymnary.org/text/jesu_komm_doch_selbst_zu_mir] / Jesus, Savior, come to me[https://hymnary.org/text/jesus_savior_come_to_me]
Liebe, die du mich zum Bilde[https://hymnary.org/text/liebe_die_du_mich_zum_bilde] / O Love, Who formedst Me to Wear[https://hymnary.org/text/o_love_who_formedst_me_to_wear]
Mir nach, spricht Christus, unser Held[https://hymnary.org/text/mir_nach_spricht_christus_unser_held] / Come follow Me," the Savior spake[https://hymnary.org/text/come_follow_me_the_savior_spake]
O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid (Catholic first verse and tune by the same name from 1628, expanded by a Protestant in 1641)

... and whatever else may be missing...

:We should have all kinds of articles like the ones above but without the term "Roman" everywhere since the main article's name has been changed.--EastmeetsWest (talk) 04:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

[[File:Emblem of the Holy See usual.svg|30px]] Controversial articles about the Catholic Church

These articles need to be reviewed periodically because they have unsourced derogatory content added regularly.

Reichskonkordat
Ratlines (history)
Relations between the Catholic Church and the state
Catholic sex abuse cases
Pave the Way Foundation - This is not precisely about Catholicism, but deals with Pius XII
Magdalene asylum and Magdalene laundries in Ireland - These articles are not precisely about Catholicism, but emphasize the history and unfortunate events at the residential institutions in 20th century Ireland
Galileo Galilei
Galileo affair
Catholic Church and homosexuality
Catholic Church and politics
Criticism of the Catholic Church
History of the Catholic Church and homosexuality

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[http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20090124_43rd-world-communications-day.html Vatican on digital media]