Catholicism - The Church

One feature you would almost certainly spot, spaced at regular intervals clockwise around the inside wall of the main space in a Catholic church of any size (though also within some others, unsurprisingly including the 'Anglo-Catholic'), would be a matching series of pictures or carvings showing the key stages of the Passion / Crucifixion story so central to Christian faith. Which of the following is the most correct collective description of these?

Some religions (and certain more puritanical Christian denominations) believe it is blasphemous ~ i.e. idolatrous, or at least distracting ~ to have decorations in the place of worship which represent living (or once-living) things or people, including animals but also likenesses of holy people (Saints &/or Biblical figures), however well-intentioned and beautifully rendered. For Catholics there is no such problem since we should rejoice in craftsmanship and embrace it as a means of responding to God and 'giving back to Him' as an adjunct and encouragement for our worship. There may well be depictions of Bible stories, unashamedly showing God Himself (usually as a 'wise old man'-type character), the young (and, of course, baby) Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, often in the form of a Dove of Peace. Who else will be much in evidence, in statue, portrait and/or icon form, in a Catholic church?

Why might one see one, or quite possibly several, youngish (well-pre-adolescent) children around a Catholic church, dressed like little brides ~ or bridesmaids ~ or groomsmen, when there is no wedding on?

Regarding meanings and definitions, in this context: what does 'catholic' (note the lowercase 'c') actually mean?

There are many ways a person may approach God in worship; Jesus Himself proposed quite a simplistic one in urgent or even ordinary circumstances, where a believer might step aside into a quiet place and simply commune with God in prayer. But organised corporate worship (especially, though by no means only, within the Catholic mainstream of Christianity) suggests a more deliberate, respectful, ritualistic approach. Which of these best defines an instinctual Catholic arrival at church for Mass, or some other service?

While the Anglican Church within Britain is divided into two provinces of York and Canterbury, who is the top Catholic for England and Wales?

Which of the following is NOT a true label or description for the Pope?

Which of the following would you NEVER be likely to see in a Roman Catholic church?

Almost all Catholic church interiors have a generic smell about them ~ smoky, spicy, one would probably say ~ and cynics might add with some truth that there is a direct causal connection between this and the lack of woodworm which might otherwise attack the pews (seats), organ-case (if any) and other furniture, and some of the likely carvings around the place. What, in worship, gives rise to this smell?

Of course, before a practising Catholic can arrive for Mass, there is something else they mandatorily must have done: what?