She styles herself the Roman Church.

She still writes and prays in Latin.

Rome is always her capital; the title of her chief is that which formerly designated the head of the pagan cult; after 1378 all the Popes except five, and since 1523 all, have been Italians; at the present day, thirty-five out of sixty-four cardinals are likewise Italians.

The Roman stamp becomes still more evident on comparing the millions of Christians who are Catholics with the millions of Christians who are not.

Among the primitive annexations and ulterior acquisitions of the Roman Church, several have separated from her, those of the countries whose Greek, Slavic and Germanic populations never spoke Latin and whose language is not derived from the Latin.