Catechism of The Catholic Church #2214
2214 The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood; this is the foundation of the honor owed to parents. the respect of children,...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #755
755 "The Church is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1656
1656 In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith, believing families are of primary importance as centers of...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1704
1704 The human person participates in the light and power of the divine Spirit. By his reason, he is capable of understanding the order...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1967
1967 The Law of the Gospel "fulfills," refines, surpasses, and leads the Old Law to its perfection. In the Beatitudes, the New Law fulfills the divine promises by elevating and orienting them toward the "kingdom of heaven." It is addressed to those open to accepting this new hope with faith - the poor, the humble, the afflicted, the pure of heart, those persecuted on account of Christ and so marks out the surprising ways of the Kingdom.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1808
1808 Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #574
574 From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy him....
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1456
1456 Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance: "All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self-examination...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1111
1111 Christ's work in the liturgy is sacramental: because his mystery of salvation is made present there by the power of his Holy Spirit; because his Body, which is the Church, is like a sacrament (sign and instrument) in which the Holy Spirit dispenses the mystery of salvation; and because through her liturgical actions the pilgrim Church already participates, as by a foretaste, in the heavenly liturgy.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1867
1867 The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel, The sin of the Sodomites, The...
