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Being Catholic: The CliffsNotes View
The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition
Chapter 1
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What Does It Mean to Be Catholic?
For some, being Catholic means a culture or way of being in the world.
People associate Advent wreaths, crucifixes, and the rosary with Catholic life.
It is a way of experiencing God and following Jesus Christ.
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Catholic Images in the Popular Media
Reports that feature the negative actions of individual Catholics News coverage that often shows the Church as out of touch Other stereotypes and misinformation
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Did You Know?
There are over one billion Catholics in the world, about 16 percent of the worlds population. There are more Catholics than there are people in any other Christian denomination.
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Catholics and Catholic churches can be found almost anywhere in the world. There is great diversity within the Catholic Church, but all Catholics share some common threads.
Some Core Catholic Beliefs
God has worked to restore our perfect union with him, lost through Original Sin. God sent his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, as savior. God revealed himself to be Trinity. Christ established the Catholic Church on the foundation of the Apostles.
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Some Core Catholic Practices
The Seven Sacraments
The Sacrament of the Eucharist is the heart of the Churchs life
Celebrating Sunday as the Lords Day and the events of the Liturgical Year Following the Ten Commandments and defending human life
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Some Catholic Attitudes
Recognition that all creation is sacred
Faith in the essential goodness of the human person
Reliance on both faith and reason, both science and religion Emphasis on community life and communal worship
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Catholicism means . . .