Catholic Church Research Paper

The biggest living figure in the Catholic Faith is the Pope, who leads us everyday by spreading and giving God’s word. The Pope brings us closer to God in many different spiritual ways. The topic I have chosen to pursue is, how someone can become the Pope. One of the main reasons I have chosen this topic is because I am a very dedicated catholic and have been practicing my religion since I could ever remember. Our current Pope right now is a inspiration to me and it really makes me interested in what it takes to become Pope because when I listen to him speak I can see how confident he is and how much courage he has, and that is what strong leaders are made of. My main motivation

Do you know how many of your County neighbors are barely making ends meet—often not earning enough to cover just one unexpected expense? A recent survey revealed that about 46% of Americans don’t feel they have enough money to cover a $400 emergency expense. Rather than paying it outright, these individuals and families have to put the expense on a credit card or simply cannot cover it.

It’s the day of the Holy Apostles track meet for my 8th grade year and the air was very brisk and breezy. The only running event I had for that day was the 800m race. I started running the 800m in 4th grade. It was my best race and the race I liked the most. I had never won the 800m against these schools before, and I definitely wasn’t expecting to win that day. My rivals in this race were from three other schools St. Leonards, St. Joan of Arc, and MQS . The girl from St. Leonards, Sydney Bartz, was a girl who I have beaten and have raced against since I was in 5th grade. My other two rivals were from St. Joan of Arc and MQS ,Zoey Goodman, who was the girl who I have been up against since 5th grade and I have never beaten her because she has

Well I grew up in a Catholic family with a grandmother who was very spiritual, and even had her own room with hundreds of saints, and she would pray to them for different requests. I never really understood church or many of the Bible stories. The church services were so discipline to me, and felt like a punishment because of the standing and kneeling all through out the service. I moved away with my mother and siblings and we ended up staying at this homeless shelter that was ran by a non denominational church, so part of our agreement to stay was to attend this church. I found this church to be open to anyone and everyone, and during our time their I got baptized. I enjoyed this church. From that time I never really considered myself Catholic, because I could never

Holy Family Catholic School has helped me grow in my faith, knowledge, and service. I have participated in faith journeys, K4J skits, and sending Christmas presents to poor children around the world. Holy Family Catholic School is a great example and has helped me grow in my faith, knowledge, and service.

God is an important part of my life everyday from the moment I wake up to when I go to bed. Since I was a little kid my mom has always taught me the values of being a catholic. Being catholic doesn't mean going to church every Sunday and confessing your sins to later do them again. Being catholic means engaging with god and finding a deeper meaning during church. Being catholic means knowing and loving god as a human being. Being catholic means talking to god about your sins and finding ways to being a better person in life. God is a part of our life day to day he influences us in becoming a better catholic. Being catholic means finding ways to serve god through our life's vocation and trying to live out the core values of a catholic. God challenges

England was one of the main contributors to the hatred of Irish Catholics in the America. This is clearly demonstrated as the Know-Nothing Party campaigned against Irish immigration and laws limiting their freedom analogous to British suppression. “... critics branded Irish as lazy, thieving, drunkards, poor material for either labor or citizenry.” This quote sounds very similar to how the British saw Irish Catholics, indicating where these nativists got their prejudices and bias from. Discrimination was evident on signs like, “No Irish Need Apply” hung on many employers’ windows.

The Second Vatican Council lasted from 1962-1965 and it was the 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. This council was called together by Pope John XXII and it was continued under the lead of Pope Paul VI. The Council was important for renewal in the understanding of the Church. The Second Vatican Council needed to figure out how to bring its inner life and its relationship to other Christian traditions, other religions and most importantly, the world. The council also wanted to discuss principles from the Council of Trent and Vatican I that were supposed to happen, but never took place. These principles were taken back from old traditions, practices, and teachings that had often been neglected and forgotten. The second

I cannot describe what Catholic Education means to me currently without recalling what it once meant to me. Catholic Education meant different things to me at different stages of my life.

There are many messages the Catholic Church wishes to teach us, as well as lead us to follow. Many of them are interrelated as well, as many of them center upon similar ideas, like love, giving, or life. A few themes include that everyone is a part of God's creation, God lives within all of us, God is love, human life is valuable, and nothing is impossible for God. We, as Catholics, believe that God is love- an important idea in the Church. Since God is within us all, we also all must have love within us. And since we're all a part of his creation, everyone is equally special and should be treated like they are.

In this day in age, people of all ages and backgrounds have been pulling away from Catholicism. Many people have stopped going to Church weekly, which affects their relationship with God greatly. The Catholic Church has to convince its followers to revert back to their old ways of attending Church weekly and working to strengthen their relationship with God by not sinning and following His commandments. This message of reverting to the old ways and bettering their relationship with God is important and needs to be delivered because without it the Catholic Church will continuously lose followers especially with the younger generation already not having a strong relationship with God. Also without people taking their Catholic duties seriously, they will jeopardize their chances of going to Heaven. This powerful message would need to be delivered by priests and in such a way to instill fear into people because no emotion reaches people better than fear and it will

The II Vatican council was held in rome from 1962-1965. Vatican Council II was an ecomunal or global council that is the meeting of all the Catholic bishops from all around the world which dealt with certain issues facing the Catholic Church. Major issues that took place during the era of the Vatican Council II was that the church was powerful and was taking to much money from people. Because of changes in culture due to modernism it was decided that the church needed to update its procedures to become more relevant and accessible to modern people. As Pope John XXIII said, the church needed to “open the windows and let in some fresh air.”

A catholic church is one of the most well known places of worship around the world. Specifically, Our Lady Of Victories church is a place where anyone can have and celebrate any sacraments. In contrast to St Paul’s Lutheran Church, they also offer to get baptised, married, etc.. Both churches believe in many things such as, God is the one and only creator of everything, they also believe and how what God guides them to do in life. Lutheran worshippers believe that the Bible is one of the most important sources of religious teaching and aspirations. Along with Catholic worshippers, they believe in such things as following the Ten Commandments and also if you follow in the word of God, your life will become a common practice to act the way as

The Second Vatican Council was the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, It was an assembly that was lead by Pope John XXIII, to settle the radical changes and issues that were happening in the Church and to apply the Church teachings into the modern world. When the Second Vatican Council was enforced it was in the midst of Cold War. During this time there were threats of a nuclear holocaust, the Soviet Union, and the US had a very powerful but opposing ideologies which are Capitalism vs. Communism and lastly the relevance of Religion. When the Vatican II took place the Church became more responsive to these needs by the Four Constitutions namely, Lumen Gentium, Dei Verbum, Sacrosanctum Concilium and lastly Gaudium et Spes. These

Faith and reason have been a pillar of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. This is within the 2000-year-old historical conversation that has and continues to encourage the Catholic community to ask fundamental questions focused on God, society, humanity, and nature based on faith tradition.