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The Catholic Church and its teachings and views on specific subjects.
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What is the "General Magisterium" in Roman Catholicism?
I hadn't heard of (or recalled) three layers of Magisterium until seeing this question (and I was hoping someone who was more familiar would post and answer sooner), but I was able to find a page (jus …
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What is the "Way of the Cross"?
The Way of the Cross, also known as The Stations of the Cross, as advertised by a Church is a formal mini-pilgrimage or "pilgrimage lite" through the "stations" (important moments) of Jesus' passion a …
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Is there a doctrinally supported name for a designated "home prayer space" in the RCC?
However, in Roman Catholicism, a Christian altar is "a table upon which the eucharistic sacrifice is celebrated ..." …
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Does Catholic doctrine teach that atheists go to heaven, too?
The short answer is No.
The misconception that Pope Francis has in any way changed Church teaching or turned us into universalists was explicitly addressed by quite a few Catholic bloggers recently. …
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Expectation of salvation for the poorly catechized
I believe this concern is explicitly addressed in Lumen Gentium - Chapter 2, paragraph 16:
Finally, those who have not yet received the Gospel are related in various ways to the people of God. In …
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Do Priests, Cardinals, and Popes have a confessional to which they themselves can/should/mus...
The short answer is yes.
Additionally, every priest and bishop, including the pope, is supposed to have a spiritual advisor. The priest they see for confession need not be any special priest, as far …
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Are today's Catholics encouraged to study the Bible at home?
The short answer is yes:
The Church “forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian
faithful... to learn ‘the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ,’ by
frequent reading of the divine Sc …
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Why was eating meat on Fridays forbidden in the Catholic Church for so many years?
From the USSCB:
19. Changing circumstances, including economic, dietary, and social elements, have made some of our people feel that the renunciation of
the eating of meat is not always and for …
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Does a list exist showing Papal succession from Peter through our current Pope?
Here's the List of Popes from newadvent.org, which I assume is the same list found in many US Catholic-approved Bibles, with the exception of the Papal "oppositions" listed here:
1. St. Peter (32-67 …
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What is the basis for penance (satisfaction) in sacramental confession?
From the Catholic Encyclopedia, The Sacrament of Penance (Confession):
As stated above, the absolution given by the priest to a penitent who
confesses his sins with the proper dispositions remit …
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Is the Pope morally obliged to submit to every secular authority?
In Catholicism, civil/social authority is a distinctly good thing, patterned after and ordained by God's own authority. …
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Do Catholics really believe in contemporary miracles?
Based on ... err ... recent research ...
At least 3 of them.
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Do Catholics really believe in contemporary miracles?
From the wikipedia on Religion in the United States:
A late 2009 online Harris poll of 2,303 U.S. adults (18 and older)[59]
found that "82% of adult Americans believe in God", the same number as …
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What does the Catholic Church mean when it calls humans co-creators with God?
The Catholic Church says that human are co-creators with God.
To human beings God even gives the power of freely sharing in his
providence by entrusting them with the responsibility of “subduing …
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On what basis does the Catholic Church teach that women cannot be ordained?
The Catholic Church maintains that it does not have the authority to ordain women. I.e., the Church can't ordain women. It's assumed then that God set a precedent or gave a mandate to ordain only men. …
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