Christianity Is Catholic: Difference between revisions

 

Note that this trope is reversed in some countries; outside the US [[Captain Obvious|Protestant countries tend to assume Protestantism and vice-versa]]. The UK default is, naturally, [[The Vicar|the Church of England]] - which can variously be depicted as "Catholic" (High Church), "Mainline Protestant" (Broad Church), or "Evangelical Protestant" (Low Church). The Russian default is, obviously, the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox church]].

 

== Anime ==

* Comprehensively averted in ''[[Big Love]]'', in which most major characters are offshoot Mormons.

* ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'''s Nate Ford is Catholic (to an extent), at one point considered going into the seminary and one of his closest friends is a Catholic priest. Of course, in this case it's justified since Nate is Irish-American, which means Catholic 9 times out of 10.

* There's a surprisingly high number of Catholics on ''[[The West Wing (TV)|The West Wing]]'' -- despite the fact that they're a relative minority in government -- including two consecutive Presidents (in real life, there has only been ''one'' Catholic President). Since guilt and redemption are major themes of the series, and President Bartlet himself almost became a priest, it seems Catholicism made for more interesting stories. There's also a high number of open atheists (including the ''Republican nominee for President''), so it may have to do with the show's commitment to greater diversity.

** Catholics might be a relative rarity in the Presidency, but they are not relatively rare in government as a whole. Catholics make up the biggest single religious group in Congress, for example, and have significant representation in the FBI.

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