Catholic Church in Karnia-Ruthenia

The Catholic Church in Karnia-Ruthenia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are around ? Catholics in Karnia-Ruthenia — or ?% of the population (2017 census). The country have 1 archdiocese de jure. Headquartered in the imperial capital and is largely influenced by the Catholic Church in Brazil, the country with the largest Catholic community in the world.

Since the foundation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia, the Roman Catholicism is the official religion - and also guaranteed freedom of religion for its citizens, maintained in the Imperial and Royal Constitution. The origins of Catholicism in Karnia-Ruthenia are due in part to the creation of most of its members within the precepts of Roman Catholicism, but traditionally, the long devotion of the Imperial Family induces certain measures of State, characterizing this as the official religion of the Empire.