Catechism of The Catholic Church #846
"Outside the Church there is no salvation"
846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #681
681 On Judgement Day at the end of the world, Christ will come in glory to achieve the definitive triumph of good over evil which, like the wheat and the tares, have grown up together in the course of history.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1831
1831 The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2270
2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1814-1816
1814 Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1817
1817 Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2267
2267 The traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude, presupposing full ascertainment of the identity and responsibility of the offender, recourse to the...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #29
29 But this "intimate and vital bond of man to God" can be forgotten, overlooked, or even explicitly rejected by man. Such attitudes can have different causes: revolt against evil in the world; religious ignorance or indifference; the cares and riches of this world; the scandal of bad example on the part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, that attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2755
2755 Two frequent temptations threaten prayer: lack of faith and acedia - a form of depression stemming from lax ascetical practice that leads to discouragement.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2116
2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to...
