For us ordinary Catholics, fair to say our knowledge of the Bible as a collected work is pretty vague.

When ordinary Catholics dissent, they do not feel, as earlier generations might have, that they have to banish themselves from the church.

Many ordinary Catholics began to see the government as an enemy because of the educational and religious reforms.

The conference's focus on policy often alienates it from the concerns of ordinary Catholics, though, and drains resources from local problems.

Last week, the group said it had suspended its attacks on ordinary Catholics, but retained the right to kill active Republican agents.

"It seemed that he was being rewarded for bad behavior, and run-of-the-mill ordinary Catholics just saw this as de facto an insult to the people of Boston."

Fast on the heels of the abuse scandal, ordinary Catholics have just about had it with the hierarchy.

He was revered by ordinary Catholics long before the Vatican gave him official recognition.

He looks like an ordinary Catholic and you'd never imagine a Protestant would be shoveling lime.