The English word 'church' can mean a building used for Christian worship, or it can mean the congregation, the collective body of Christian worshippers, either globally or those that regularly meet...
It's called the Roman Catholic Church to distinguish it from the Anglican (or in America the Episcopal) Church which is called The Holy Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church has then be called "Catholic" since, at the latest, the very early second century.The word "catholic" comes from the Greek adjective (katholikos), meaning "universal." When...
Years and Years ago the Christian Church had an argument and They split up into western and eastern Churches. The western is Catholic and the eastern is orthodox Christians...