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5 days ago · These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite, and Chaldean,2 are actually families of liturgical expression. These rites are the descendants of the liturgical ...
5 days ago · The Catholic Church teaches that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (Filioque), as expressed in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed as it is used in the Latin Church. This doctrine was first included in the Creed by the Third Council of Toledo in 589 AD, and it was later officially adopted by the Western Church in the ...
1 day ago · Francis (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina) ushered in a new era of leadership of the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013. As the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order, Francis has brought many reforms to the church and a reputation for humility
2 days ago · It’s translated as “father” 418 times in the King James Version. Like virtually all biblical words, it has multiple meanings, but one of them is “spiritual father or guide” or “one who ...
4 days ago · One of these is the Roman rite or Roman church, which includes most of the Catholics in the Western world. So, a Roman Catholic is simply a Catholic who is a member of the Roman rite. Now, you might be wondering why it’s called Roman Catholic instead of just Catholic. Well, the distinction lies in the fact that those baptized into the rites ...
4 days ago · Saint Peter the Apostle, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ and, according to Roman Catholic tradition, the first pope. Peter, a Jewish fisherman, was called to be a disciple of Jesus at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. Learn more about Peter’s life.
5 days ago · Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish nun, one of the great mystics, reformers, and religious women of the Roman Catholic Church. Author of numerous spiritual classics, she was elevated to doctor of the church by Pope Paul VI in 1970. Learn more about her life, mysticism, religious reforms, and legacy.