The Catholic Church and its views and teachings on specific subjects.
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Where does the Catholic church procure most of its Bibles?
I was recently doing some research on Bible publishing and distribution in order to compose this answer over on the Skeptics Stack Exchange site. In spite of the result being well received, I have a ...
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What does St. Augustine mean by predestination?
St. Augustine says somewhere (quoted in the old Catholic Encyclopedia):
Predestination is nothing else than the foreknowledge and foreordaining of those gracious gifts which make certain the ...
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According to Catholic law and rules, is postponing of the Rite of Acceptance OK?
This is a follow-up question for Are those instructed before baptism considered catechumens before entering the catechumenate formally?
In Czech Republic the pre-baptismal formation is often called ...
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Is there any connection between the country of origin of Popes and nearby large gatherings of Catholics or Councils?
Not that a run of 2 means anything (or Rio is in Argentina like I mistakenly assumed It is just down the road) and given there were hundreds of years of Italian popes to skew this statistic, but it ...
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Why did God choose Mary?
The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, was conceived full of sanctifying grace and free of any stain of original sin. In Catholicism, this is called the Immaculate Conception. She was conceived ...
