Nowhere in the current catechism is there any treatment of a belief that was part of the common teaching of the church for over 700 years.
Sacraments
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Walter Kasper: On the church
Cardinal Walter Kasper on the relationship between the universal church and local churches.
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Facing the Crisis in the Priesthood
A generation has elapsed since the close of the Second Vatican Council, and the church has underscored the council’s extraordinary ecclesial and historical significance by beatifying, this Sept. 3, Pope John XXIII. At the same time, however, the beatification of Pope Pius IX highlighted the ti
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How can the church improve the R.C.I.A. process?
From 2000: “Since R.C.I.A.’s reinstitution, the Catholic Church in the United States each year has drawn more new members than any other religious group in the nation.”