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Catechism of The Catholic Church #27

27 The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1740

1740 Threats to freedom. the exercise of freedom does not imply a right to say or do everything. It is false to maintain that...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2496

2496 The means of social communication (especially the mass media) can give rise to a certain passivity among users, making them less than vigilant...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2174

2174 Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week."Because it is the "first day," the day of Christ's Resurrection recalls...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #52

52 God, who "dwells in unapproachable light", wants to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to adopt...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1878

1878 All men are called to the same end: God himself. There is a certain resemblance between the union of the divine persons and...

Catechism of The Catholic Church #1702

1702 The divine image is present in every man. It shines forth in the communion of persons, in the likeness of the union of the divine persons among themselves.
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #77

77 "In order that the full and living Gospel might always be preserved in the Church the apostles left bishops as their successors. They...

Catechism of The Catholic Church #1464

1464 Priests must encourage the faithful to come to the sacrament of Penance and must make themselves available to celebrate this sacrament each time Christians reasonably ask for it.
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2547

2547 The Lord grieves over the rich, because they find their consolation in the abundance of goods. "Let the proud seek and love earthly...