Catholicism
The largest denomination of Christianity, headed by the Pope in Rome, organized around bishops and the sacraments, with its central institutions in Vatican City.
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake struck on All Saints' Day, a Catholic feast. Every cathedral collapsed, yet the red-light district survived unscathed. Devout believers died while the "sinful" survived—undermining "divine judgment" and marking a turning point for the Enlightenment.
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