1. The Catholic Church

2. Structure
The structure of the institution Catholic Church is like a governmental system.
The whole world is divided into diocese (about 3,000) and each of those is divided into parishes.
Each diocese has a bishop that oversees it

3. Structure
Holy See is the term for the area under the religious jurisdiction of the bishop of Rome, who is the pope. The world is then further divided into diocese, which are under the jurisdiction of other bishops. Some of the diocese are larger, metropolitan or more politically important than others and they are called archdiocese and their bishops are called archbishops.

4. structure
Within each diocese are smaller units, called parishes, and each parish is about the size of a medieval manor or a small town and has its own church. Each parish is overseen by a priest.
Each parish is supposed to have a priest that oversees it- in absence of that there will be a deacon or a lay minister.

5. Cathedral
Each diocese has a larger church called a cathedral. A cathedral is generally fancier and larger than a parish church. A cathedral should also have a holy relic. These are honored items that belonged to, are part of, or are associated with Jesus, Mary, the apostles or a saint.

6. Relics St Peter’s Basilica in Rome- his tomb is under the altar.
St. Peter's chains, preserved in San Pietro in Vincoli,

7. Relics
Relic from the shrine of Saint Boniface of Dokkum in the hermit-church of Warfhuizen: bone fragment in middle is from Saint Boniface; little folded papers on the left and right contain bone fragments of Saint Benedict of Nursia and Bernard of Clairvaux

8. Relics
This is the head of St. Catherine. It is in a reliquary in Siena, Italy
Her miracles include healing people with the Plague, saving the souls of the hardest of criminals, healing people crushed by falling buildings, converting the worst people.

9. Relics
This is Chartres Cathedral in France. It has a relic called the Sancta Camisa, the tunic worn by Mary during the birth of Christ.

10. Hierarchy All parishes are overseen by a priest,
all diocese are overseen by a priest who has been elevated to the status of a bishop,
large/important diocese are overseen by an archbishop, usually a priest, who was a bishop and then elevated to the status of an archbishop,
cardinals are bishops who have been elevated to a position where they are partially responsible for the larger stewardship of the Holy See overall.
They still have responsibilities to their diocese. The college of cardinals is responsible for the election of Popes.

11. Hierarchy
In the middle ages and well into the 16th century Church offices were being bought and sold and people who were not priests were being given titles in the Church. After the Catholic Reformation the Church began to seriously curtail all inappropriate actions like this, and now all bishops, cardinals and priests were priests and ordained.
Giovanni de Medici, Cardinal of Pisa at 17.

12. Pope
The Catholic Church sees the Pope as infallible, second only to G-d.
He is the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Holy See, the political leader of the country of the Vatican.
There have been 267 popes, almost all have been Italian. (196)
The pope is elected by the College of Cardinals. (213)

13. The Apostles Creed is the core of the faith. (Wikipedia)
1. I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
2. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
3. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
4. Under Pontius Pilate, He was crucified, died, and was buried.
5. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again.
6. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
7. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
9. the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,
10. the forgiveness of sins,
11. the resurrection of the body,
12. and the life everlasting.
Amen.

14. Catholic Dogma
All Catholics are supposed to honor the seven sacraments
Holy Trinity is the nature of G-d
The Madonna, or Virgin Mother, intercedes.