Catechism of The Catholic Church #1457
1457 According to the Church's command, "after having attained the age of discretion, each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully to...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1304
1304 Like Baptism which it completes, Confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the "character,"...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2853
2853 Victory over the "prince of this world" was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2502
2502 Sacred art is true and beautiful when its form corresponds to its particular vocation: evoking and glorifying, in faith and adoration, the transcendent...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1471
1471 The doctrine and practice of indulgences in the Church are closely linked to the effects of the sacrament of Penance. What is an indulgence? "An...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1520
1520 A particular gift of the Holy Spirit. the first grace of this sacrament is one of strengthening, peace and courage to overcome the...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2521
2521 Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2535
2535 The sensitive appetite leads us to desire pleasant things we do not have, e.g., the desire to eat when we are hungry or...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2843
2843 Thus the Lord's words on forgiveness, the love that loves to the end, become a living reality. the parable of the merciless servant,...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1431
1431 Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of...
