Catechism of The Catholic Church #369
369 Man and woman have been created, which is to say, willed by God: on the one hand, in perfect equality as human persons;...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1438
1438 The seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #409
409 This dramatic situation of "the whole world is in the power of the evil one" makes man's life a battle:
The whole of...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #618
618 The cross is the unique sacrifice of Christ, the "one mediator between God and men". But because in his incarnate divine person he...
Catechism of the Catholic Church #957
957 Communion with the saints. "It is not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven; we...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2302
2302 By recalling the commandment, "You shall not kill,"our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral.
Anger is...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2132
2132 The Christian veneration of images is not contrary to the first commandment which proscribes idols. Indeed, "the honor rendered to an image passes...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1033
1033 We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1166
1166 "By a tradition handed down from the apostles which took its origin from the very day of Christ's Resurrection, the Church celebrates the...