Catholic Church

Does God hear our prayers?

Does God hear our prayers? Catholics believe that God is omniscient, that is, all knowing. God knows everything. God is also omnipresent everywhere. For more on the attributes of God, you can read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. How God knows

Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints and Angels?

Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints and Angels? When the Jewish general Judas Maccabeus leads the resistance against the Greek occupation of their country, he tells his soldiers about "a dream, a kind of vision, worthy of belief" (2 Mc

Why Do Catholic Bibles Have Seventy-three Books?

Why Do Catholic Bibles Have Seventy-three Books? Baruch is one of seven Old Testament books found in Catholic Bibles but not in Protestant ones. Catholics call them the "deuterocanonical" (literally, "second canon") books;

Why is Mary Most Holy?

Why is Mary Most Holy? Once we have established that Mary is our true Spiritual Mother, we must ask what this means for us in our everyday lives. What is a mother, anyway? What does a mother do? Why did God arrange it so that every human person

What Does the Church Teach About Angels?

What Does the Church Teach About Angels? Angel Michael, Angel Gabriel, Angel Raphael The Book of Judges repeatedly speaks Of angels being sent by God to his people (see, for example, 2:1-5). Are we to understand these and similar biblical accounts

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