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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"I'm not a religious man, right, I don't even believe in God. But still Catholic, obviously."''
|'''[[Mock the Week|Dara Ó Briain]]''' (Irish comedian)}}
There are many who were raised Catholic, and—even though their life has moved away from adamantly following Catholic doctrine—are still really concerned with their Catholicism and/or cite it often. This comes up very frequently in any [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]] conversation, as when a female character will suddenly be revealed as a "good Catholic" who just can't do it.
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For whatever reason (perhaps because [[Christianity Is Catholic]]), there seems to be no common Protestant or Orthodox equivalent to this trope, even though people paying lip-service to their family or culture's religion is as old as religion itself. However, you can compare [[Informed Judaism]] as a kind of Hebraic counterpart. A possible explanation for this is that Catholicism and Judaism, much more than Protestantism, are considered by some to be a part of one's heritage in addition to being a religion, especially to those whose national heritage is tied to religion, such as people of Irish, Italian, or Hispanic descent.
There are shadings of this- a "Christmas and Easter Catholic" is someone who attends Mass only on those holidays regardless of how closely they hold to Church doctrine; a "cafeteria Catholic" is someone who chooses which teachings to follow or ignore, regardless of frequency of attendance; an "ex-Catholic" or "[[Tropaholics Anonymous|recovering Catholic]]" has left the Church, may or may not self-identify or have formally converted to another religion, but still has the cultural baggage of having been raised Catholic; a "cultural Catholic" or "non-practicing Catholic" still identifies as Catholic due to family or ethnic heritage but really doesn't adhere to the religion itself; and a "lapsed Catholic" or "fallen-away Catholic" is the Catholic Church's own term for all of the above.
Anyone who was born and raised in the church - regardless of their current status - might also be described as a "cradle Catholic."
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== Comic Books ==
* Catwoman from [[Batman]]. Her sister's a former nun, too, but has some mental health issues and believes that Selina is possessed by some sort of cat-demon. This leads to problems when she becomes possessed by an ''actual'' demon and attempts to perform a lethal exorcism on Catwoman.
* [[Huntress]], aka Helena Bertinelli, of the [[Batman]] family and [[Birds of Prey]], doesn't bring it up often, but she wears cross jewelry and prays before she fights [[Dark Action Girl|Lady Shiva]], possibly to the death. Her faith has varied in strength over the years, from non-existent (an important plot point in one story) to firm (but never devout). The strength of her faith is used as a symbol of how much hope and optimism she has for the future. In bad times, her faith declines. For example, after causing the death of a mob boss who knew her identity, she throws away her cross. In good times, her faith is stronger. For example, she plans on attending mass after getting her teaching job and feeling accepted by the Birds of Prey.
== Fan Works ==
* Douglas Sangnoir of ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'', even though (technically) he's ethnically Jewish. It actually becomes story-relevant in the course of ''Drunkard's Walk V''.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''
* Silent Bob, according to ''[[Chasing Amy]]''. In a moment where he exemplifies [[The Silent Bob]] he explains how he ended up breaking up with his girlfriend after finding out about her previous sexual experience -- not from any disgust, hatred or anything but because...
{{quote|"Now this just blows my mind, right? I mean, I am not used to this sort of thing. I mean, I was raised Catholic, for God's sake."}}
* In ''[[Dogma]]'', at the beginning, Bethany doesn't believe in God and works at an abortion clinic, but still goes to Mass on every Sunday.
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* [[Denis Leary]] goes so far as to found the Lapsed Catholic Church at the end of his second album, ''Lock'N'Load''. He also admits that he couldn't remember the Hail Mary prayer during a scene when his character in ''[[Rescue Me]]'' has to recite it, but can name the starting lineup of the 1967 Red Sox off the top of his head.
{{quote|"[[And That's Terrible|And that's sad.]]"}}
* Brazil is a Catholic-majority country. Brazilian Catholics are Non-Practicing-majority Catholics.▼
* And Dara Ó Briain, who provides the page quote.
* [[George Carlin]]'s massive hit show ''Class Clown'' was all about being the class clown of a Catholic high school. A prominent joke: "I used to be Irish Catholic; now I'm American."
* [[Stephen Colbert]], while himself a Catholic in person (and in fact teaches Sunday school), views it differently from [[The Colbert Report|his persona]].
* [[Dan Savage]] is openly atheist and a supporter of the skeptical movement, but considers himself "culturally Catholic".
▲* Brazil is a Catholic-majority country. Brazilian Catholics are Non-Practicing-majority Catholics.
* In the United States, it has been estimated that approximately three-quarters of Catholics don't attend Mass regularly. And in the last fifty years, the number of American nuns has dropped to one-third of what it was in the 1960s, ''despite'' population growth, and the percentage of Catholic elementary school children (not ''all'' children, just the Catholics) who attend Catholic schools (rather than public schools) has dropped from 51% to 14%.
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