Grace
Grace is a completely free gift from God that gives our souls a share in God’s own life.
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The Catechism
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a big book that gathers everything the Catholic Church believes, in one place, so nobody forgets it or gets it wrong.
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The Nicene Creed is a special prayer that Catholics say together at Mass to tell God and each other what they believe.
Read the explanation →The Apostles’ Creed
The Apostles’ Creed is one of the oldest prayers in the Catholic Church, and it tells us the most important things Christians believe about God.
Read the explanation →The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, just as real and just as fully God as the Father and the Son.
Read the explanation →Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the Son of God who became a real human being and was born from the Virgin Mary about two thousand years ago in Bethlehem.
Read the explanation →The Trinity
The Trinity means that there is one God who exists as three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Read the explanation →The New Testament
The New Testament is the second part of the Bible, and it tells the story of Jesus Christ, His teaching, His death, His Resurrection, and the beginning of the Church He founded.
Read the explanation →The Old Testament
The Old Testament is the first and larger part of the Bible, and it tells the story of how God made the world, chose a special people, and promised to send a Savior.
Read the explanation →The Bible
The Bible is the Word of God written down by human authors who were guided by the Holy Spirit, so everything it teaches about salvation is true.
Read the explanation →The Cross
The cross is the most important symbol in the Catholic faith because it is where Jesus Christ died to save every human being from sin and death.
Read the explanation →Holy Water
Holy water is regular water that a priest has blessed with a special prayer, asking God to make it a sign of His grace and protection.
Read the explanation →The Rosary
The Rosary is a prayer where Catholics count beads while thinking about the life of Jesus and Mary.
Read the explanation →The Glory Be
The Glory Be is a short prayer that gives praise and honor to the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Read the explanation →The Hail Mary
The Hail Mary is a prayer addressed to Mary, the mother of Jesus, asking for her intercession with God.
Read the explanation →The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer that Jesus Christ Himself taught His disciples when they asked Him how to pray, making it the most important prayer in all of Christianity.
Read the explanation →Are Catholics Christian?
Yes, Catholics are absolutely Christians, because they believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose from the dead, which is the very definition of being Christi…
Read the explanation →Is the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon?
The “Whore of Babylon” is a figure from the Book of Revelation written in a special kind of symbolic language, and scholars across many traditions agree it refers to the city of Rome in the …
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