Catholic is the fourth solo album from Gavin Friday, written and recorded with musician Herbie Macken and released in 2011.

[7] It was produced by Ken Thomas (Throbbing Gristle, Cocteau Twins, Sigur Rós)[8] and recorded in Dublin, Cork and West Yorkshire.

[11] The album's title is deliberately spelled with a lower case c to emphasise the word's original meaning: universal, for every man, with wide sympathies.

[13] The album's cover photo is based on and pays homage to the painting Michael Collins, Love of Ireland[14] by Sir John Lavery which depicts Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins lying in state.

Friday had seen the painting at the Sir John Lavery "Passion and Politics" exhibit[15] in Dublin at the Hugh Lane Gallery in September 2010.