Latin Church

The Latin Church is the largest autonomous particular church in the Catholic Church. There are about 1.3 billion Catholics part of this church. The Latin Church is one of 24 churches in full communion with the pope.^[3]

Latin Church
Ecclesia Latina
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy
Type	Particular church (sui iuris)
Classification	Catholic
Orientation	Western Christianity
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Catholic theology
Polity	Episcopal[1]
Governance	Holy See
Pope	Francis
Region	Mainly in Western Europe, Central Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, pockets of Africa, Madagascar, Oceania, with several episcopal conferences around the world
Language	Ecclesiastical Latin
Liturgy	Latin liturgical rites
Headquarters	Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy
Origin	1st century Rome, Roman Empire
Separations	Protestant Reformation (initially Lutheranism, 16th century) Old Catholicism (Utrecht, 19th century)
Members	1.2 billion (2015)[2]
Other name(s)	Western Church Latin Catholic Church Roman Church
Official website	Holy See

References

1. Marshall, Thomas William (1844). Notes of the Episcopal Polity of the Holy Catholic Church. London: Levey, Rossen and Franklin.
2. McAleese, Mary (2019). Children's Rights and Obligations in Canon Law: The Christening Contract. Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-41117-3.
3. Anderson, Jon (7 March 2019). "The beautiful witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.