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Prayer and Catholic Life
What is the Sign of the Cross?
A simple prayer that professes the Trinity and remembers Christ's saving Cross.Read the answerPrayer and the saints
Why do Catholics ask Mary and the saints to pray for us?
Honor is not worship. The saints intercede within Christ's one Body.Read the answerSacraments
Why confess sins to a priest?
God forgives. The priest serves as Christ's sacramental minister.Read the answerThe Eucharist
Is the Eucharist really Jesus?
After the consecration, the whole Christ is truly present under the appearances of bread and wine.Read the answerWorship and sacred art
Why do Catholics use statues and sacred images?
Sacred images help us remember the people and mysteries they represent. They are not gods.Read the answerThe Rosary
Did Jesus condemn repetitive prayer?
Jesus condemned empty babbling, not sincere prayer that returns lovingly to the same words.Read the answerLife after death
What is Purgatory, and why pray for the dead?
Purgatory is the final purification of those who die in God's friendship, not a second chance after rejecting him.Read the answerThe Church
Why do Catholics have a pope?
The pope is the successor of St. Peter and a visible servant of the Church's unity.Read the answerDivine Revelation