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How is the Catholic Church Catholic?

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The word "Catholic" means "universal" and is applied to the Church as Jesus has sent Her to all people in all countries, in all ages. By "Catholic" meaning universal, at any Catholic Church in the world on any given sunday, they would read the same passages.

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