GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Roman Catholicism is the largest of the three major branches of Christianity. Thus, all Roman Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians are Roman Catholic. Of the estimated 2.3 billion Christians in the world, about 1.3 billion of them are Roman Catholics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity with 1.345 billion, and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches. Figures below are in accordance with the Annuario Pontificio, at 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -Today there are three main historic and theologically distinctive streams of Christianity – Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state.