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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!
Subpages
[edit]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.
- List of all subpages of this page.
- 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
[edit]WikiProject Catholicism is a subproject of Project Christianity.
Task Forces
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Featured content
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Did you know? (DYK)
[edit]A selection of articles on Catholicism-related subjects featured on the Main Page's Did you know? section:
- Patrick Daniel Koroma – 12 June 2018
- St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hanoi – 1 June 2013
- Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae – 27 May 2013
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) – 14 May 2013
- St. Pierre Cathedral, Saint-Pierre – 7 May 2013
- Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete – 25 March 2013
- St. Joseph's Church, Beijing – 27 February 2013
- St. Dominic's Church, Macau – 22 February 2013
- Notre Dame Cathedral (Phnom Penh) – 13 December 2012
- List of Archbishops of Vancouver – 2 November 2012
- James Francis Carney – 2 November 2012
- Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) – 8 October 2012
- Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) – 7 October 2012
- Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu – 28 August 2012
- Andrew Pataki – 14 July 2011
- San Pellegrino in Vaticano – 29 May 2011
- Francis P. Smith – 21 May 2011
- Raymond V. Kirk – 20 May 2011
- Santa Maria de Ovila – 18 March 2011
- Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham – 23 January 2011
- Agnes of Jesus – 16 January 2011
- Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier – 10 January 2011
- Wojciech Giertych – 10 January 2011
- Juan Solano – 9 January 2011
- Consecration and entrustment to Mary – 18 November 2010
- Madonna of humility – 17 September 2010
- Alexandre Le Roy – 1 August 2010
- Cathedral of St. John Berchmans – 25 July 2010
- Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Tucson – 25 July 2010
- Holy Spirit College – 13 July 2010
- A Christian reflection on the New Age – 10 July 2010
- Intercessors of the Lamb – 8 July 2010
- Alejandro Goic – 29 June 2010
- John Tuohill Murphy – 28 June 2010
- John Willms – 27 June 2010
- Jeremiah J. Callahan – 23 June 2010
- Claude Poullart des Places – 21 June 2010
- Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Paris – 20 June 2010
- Cathedral of Saint John Gualbert – 14 June 2010
- Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam – 9 May 2010
- William J. Winter – 4 May 2010
- Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary – 19 April 2010
- Daniel Brottier – 9 April 2010
- Martin Hehir – 28 March 2010
- Rosary devotions and spirituality – 18 February 2010
- St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao – 20 January 2010
- Sacred Heart Church, St Ives – 25 October 2009
- Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy – 20 October 2009
- Alfred Newman Gilbey – 20 October 2009
- Cistercian architecture – 12 April 2009
- Rosary and scapular – 16 March 2009
- Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral (Roslindale, Massachusetts) – 12 February 2009
- Westminster Retable – 26 December 2008
- Miracle of the roses – 13 December 2008
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami – 9 December 2008
- Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath – 31 August 2008
- Gero Cross – 12 July 2008
- Hortus conclusus – 30 June 2008
- St. Mary's Church, Chepstow – 3 June 2008
- Stratford Langthorne Abbey – 6 May 2008
- Quirinus Kuhlmann – 17 April 2008
- Alexander Campbell of Carco – 11 April 2008
- Stalingrad Madonna – 25 March 2008
- Mustum – 23 March 2008
- Christ taking leave of his Mother – 11 March 2008
- Life of the Virgin – 9 March 2008
- Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek – 3 March 2008
- Jacobus Latomus – 25 February 2008
- Dutch Catechism – 22 February 2008
- Samineni Arulappa – 18 February 2008
- Rubric – 13 February 2008
- William Patrick Power – 2 February 2008
- Joseph Strub – 2 February 2008
- Paul's walk – 1 February 2008
- Nativity of Jesus in art – 16 December 2007
- Goar of Aquitaine – 14 November 2007
- Gal I, Bishop of Clermont – 14 November 2007
- Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville – 10 November 2007
- Credonia Mwerinde – 1 November 2007
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar – 29 October 2007
- Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu – 23 October 2007
- Albin of Brechin – 23 October 2007
- Catholic Church in India – 19 October 2007
- Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health – 10 October 2007
- Andrew White – 15 July 2007
- St. Philomena's Church – 27 May 2007
- Elias Zoghby – 20 May 2007
- Père Marie-Benoît – 12 April 2007
- Henry le Chen – 24 February 2007
- Donald Campbell – 23 February 2007
- Old St Paul's Cathedral – 2 February 2007
- St Stephen Coleman Street – 29 December 2006
- Johann Paul Schor – 18 January 2006
- Marian and Holy Trinity columns – 4 January 2006
- Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc – 21 December 2005
Catholicism-related Did You Knows can also be used at Portal:Catholicism/DYK.
Featured articles and lists
[edit]Articles and lists on Catholicism-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject should be listed at Portal:Catholicism/Selected article and Portal:Catholicism/Selected picture for their possible use as Selected articles on the Catholicism portal.
These articles have attained featured article status by passing an official review. Here is a link to all current FA-Class Catholicism articles.
Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)
[edit]These articles are in review as Featured article candidates:
Good articles (GA)
[edit]These articles have attained good article status by passing an official review. Here is a link to all recognized GA-Class Catholicism articles.
Good article nominations (GAN)
[edit]These articles are Good article nominations.
Featured pictures
[edit]For images that are Featured pictures see Category:Featured pictures.
The following images are WikiProject Catholicism specific.
Featured picture candidates
[edit]These images are Featured picture candidates.
Featured topics
[edit]For Featured topics see Category:Featured topics.
The following Featured topics are WikiProject Catholicism specific.
Featured topic candidates
[edit]These topics are Featured topic candidates.
Featured videos
[edit]Featured videos are listed at Category:Featured videos.
Formerly recognized content
[edit]- Baroque
- Cristero War
- Galileo Galilei
- Louis XIV of France
- Mary I of England
- Original sin
- Papal conclave
- Shroud of Turin
- Architecture of the California missions
- Caravaggio
- Catholic Church in Mongolia
- Catholic social teaching
- Children's Crusade
- Edwin of Northumbria
- Eilmer of Malmesbury
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Mission San Juan Capistrano
- Mother Teresa
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- Pope John Paul II
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Santa Maria de Ovila
- Shimabara Rebellion
- Stigand
- The Last Supper (Leonardo)
- Thomas Aquinas
- Sacred Heart
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Ursuline Convent Riots
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
[edit] The following articles have all been selected for one or more release versions of Wikipedia. Please help us ensure that these articles remain of the highest possible quality.
- Albigensian Crusade
- Baroque
- Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi
- Blaise Pascal
- Caravaggio
- Cristero War
- Crusades
- East-West Schism
- Jesus
- Louis XIV of France
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Mary I of England
- Paul the Apostle
- Philip II of Spain
- Protestant Reformation
- Raphael
- Rococo
- Catholic Church
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Second Crusade
- Spanish Inquisition
- Taras Shevchenko
- Thomas Aquinas
- Trinity
- Westminster Abbey
Related Portals
[edit]Every member should feel free to inform the managers of these portals if they have worked on an article which they believe would be of interest to the above portals.
Future articles for consideration
[edit]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) (See Priesthood in the Catholic Church#Theology of the priesthood for ideas)
- History of Catholic theology (maybe specific articles for different periods):
- History of Catholic philosophy (Christian philosophy wikilinks to articles an pieces of this)
- History of Vatican finances (See 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)
- Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh
- Jesu, komm' doch selbst zu mir[1] / Jesus, Savior, come to me[2]
- Liebe, die du mich zum Bilde[3] / O Love, Who formedst Me to Wear[4]
- Mir nach, spricht Christus, unser Held[5] / Come follow Me," the Savior spake[6]
- 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)
Controversial articles about the Catholic Church
[edit]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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