Catholic laity are the ordinary members of the Catholic Church who are neither clergy nor recipients of Holy Orders or vowed to life in a religious order...

In religious organizations, the laity (/ˈleɪəti/) consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of...

questionnaire regarding the current opinions among the laity. He has also continued to assert present Catholic doctrine in less dramatic tone than his more direct...

social issues from a Catholic perspective. The Pontifical Council for the Laity is the body responsible for approving those Catholic associations that exist...

Emanuela Orlandi (born 14 January 1968) was a Vatican teenager who mysteriously disappeared while returning home from music school in Rome on 22 June 1983...

Recent polls also find that the gap between Catholic clergy and laity views further widen among Catholics of color with 73% supporting the right to have...

Many Catholics have made significant contributions to the development of science and mathematics from the Middle Ages to today. These scientists include...

upward trend in Catholic support for legal abortion aligns with a broader shift in American society. The gap between Catholic clergy and laity views is even...

some members of the Catholic laity. Pius XI opposed racism[1], considering it a form of materialism and a dogmatic error. The Catholic Church has long had...

the second order (nuns, established second), and then the third order of laity who were established third. Saint Francis of Assisi, for example, is said...