ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
(See also Archbishops; Bishops; Cardinals [Catholic]; Constantine [Emperor]; Councils; Crusades; Inquisition; Jesuits [Roman Catholic Order]; Nuns; Popes; Priests; Reformation; Saints [Man-Made]; Vatican; lands by name)
(Note centered headings below: Beliefs and Religious Practices; Quotations)
aggiornamento policy (modernizing): g90 6/22 3; g87 6/8 23-24
confusion from: g93 9/8 7, 9
AIDS among clergy: w87 8/15 30
asks forgiveness for past sins: w98 3/1 3-7
atrocities under Queen Mary (Britain): g00 4/8 12-14
Nazi Holocaust: g98 4/22 29
bloodguilt: re 270-271; w90 2/1 17-19; g87 6/8 9
break with Eastern Orthodox Church: sh 279-280; g90 6/22 4-5
schism of 1054: sh 280; g90 6/22 5
business involvement:
Banco Ambrosiano scandal: re 264; w89 4/15 15; w88 1/15 19
stocks in unsavory companies: re 264
textiles in Italy: re 264
Catholic Action: yb94 199; yb88 91-92
France: jv 658
Poland: yb94 199-200
United States: jv 85
Communism and:
conference in Budapest, Hungary: w87 4/15 21
reconciliation with Cuba: g86 6/8 29
computer network (Canada): g00 12/22 29
concern over growth of Witnesses: w95 1/1 17; g95 2/22 31; w92 8/15 32
concordats:
Austria: yb89 67-68
Colombia: w92 12/1 31; yb90 70
Dominican Republic: yb15 101, 103-104
Germany (Nazi): re 237-238; g95 8/22 14; w90 3/15 30; w89 4/15 10-11; w89 5/1 6
Italy (Fascist): re 262
deacons: w89 7/1 29
decline: g89 11/22 20; g88 1/8 29; g87 3/22 3-4
Brazil: g 8/06 19; g02 3/8 28; g89 10/22 29
cardinals explain: g92 3/8 32
efforts to control media (Africa): g98 10/8 28
empty confessionals: g90 7/22 29
Europe: w03 4/15 3
France: g93 9/8 3-4; g90 6/22 28; g87 7/8 29
Germany: g95 7/8 28; g95 8/22 29; g89 1/8 3
Ireland: g 3/11 29
Italy: g88 8/22 29; tp 81-82
Latin America: w93 6/15 20-21
legislators press for ability to prosecute the Holy See: w88 1/15 19
Netherlands: g93 9/8 10-12; g88 2/8 12-13
nuns: g89 11/22 20; tp 82
Poland: g93 12/22 28
priests: g 6/09 25; g04 11/8 29; w03 4/15 4; g01 4/22 29; g01 7/8 29; g99 9/22 28-29; g90 2/22 29; g90 3/8 10-11; g89 11/22 20; g88 11/8 5-6; tp 82
Quebec: g03 2/22 29; g92 9/22 28
Spain: g05 7/8 28; g03 9/8 29; g91 9/8 28; g90 3/8 3, 9-11; g89 5/8 28; g87 7/8 29; g86 8/22 29-30
TV ads for priests and nuns: g93 5/8 29
United States: g 11/11 29; g91 5/8 29; tp 82; g86 9/22 30-31
UN membership of Vatican in jeopardy: g00 10/22 31
why many become Witnesses: g87 3/22 5-9
development: g89 6/22 24-27
16th-century Europe: sh 306-309
when made State religion of Rome: w16.11 23; w93 7/1 11; sh 274; g89 6/22 27
disunity: g90 10/8 30; g87 6/8 23-24; g87 12/22 2-12
1985 synod: g86 7/8 11-14
abortion: g87 4/8 6-7
birth control: g89 9/22 23-24
catechism assailed by bishops: g90 11/8 28
causes some to leave: g90 6/22 7
dissension over censuring of liberal prelates in U.S.: g87 1/22 30
effect of modernization: g93 9/8 7, 9
homosexuality: w89 10/15 29
letter from Catholic in Wales: w98 1/1 32
liberation theology: g88 12/22 4
morals: g86 11/22 29
nonacceptance of Church teachings: g97 2/22 28; g91 3/22 29; g90 3/8 11; g89 1/8 29; g88 3/8 24-26
petition for reform (Germany): g96 6/22 28
pope’s call to preach unheeded: w96 12/1 32
progressives versus traditionalists: g90 6/22 3-9; g87 12/22 2-11
schisms: sh 279-280; g90 6/22 2-9
theologians oppose pope: g90 6/22 7; g89 11/8 29; g89 11/22 20-21
U.S. bishops reject Vatican policy paper: g89 2/22 29
water of Lourdes, France: g89 7/22 28
Eastern Europe:
efforts to strengthen position: g91 1/8 7
effect of Vatican II: g93 9/8 5-6
experiences:
11-year-old girl gets legal permission to leave church: yb92 52-53
afraid of future: w98 7/1 6
appreciation for Watch Tower publications: g00 9/22 32
asks priest God’s name: w92 7/15 26
asks priest two questions: yb12 68-69
Bible readers: w93 11/15 25-26
brochures thrust into dog’s mouth: w92 1/1 6-7
catechists accept truth: w14 1/1 12-13; w89 9/1 10
Catholic Action member: g87 3/22 6-7
Catholic appreciates Awake!: w91 1/15 32
Catholic commends Witnesses: g97 4/22 16
Catholics accept truth: yb15 122-123; w08 12/1 26-28; yb02 101-102; g99 3/22 20-21; yb98 249-250, 252; g97 12/8 24-26; g96 4/22 12-18; w92 9/15 25-26; w91 1/1 29; g90 3/8 12; yb88 119-121, 123-124; w87 8/15 26; yb87 184-186; g87 11/8 9-10; g87 12/22 12; w86 8/15 28
Catholic World Youth Day (Canada, 2002): g05 5/8 32
Catholic writes to newspaper: w97 7/1 32
challenge answered: yb02 50
charismatics accept truth: w00 5/15 30
church pillars accept truth: yb94 142
community resigns: w00 11/15 8-9
compares Witness literature with Bible: w91 9/15 32
daughter’s death leads to investigating truth: yb88 123-124
debate between theologians and Witnesses (Poland, 1922): yb94 183-184
disgusted by sale of ceremonies: yb99 240-241
divine name in Catholic Bible: w91 9/15 27
educated by nuns and priests: w03 5/1 4-5
families respond: yb88 93, 239-240; yb87 53-54, 183-184
father of murdered children learns truth: g86 10/22 14-16
fear upon realizing truth: w98 10/1 4-5
former altar boy: g96 4/8 10-11
former brother of religious order: g97 4/8 19-22
former convent member: yb99 76
former nun aspirant: w90 3/1 31
former priest: g93 9/8 20-24
former priest aspirant: w13 5/1 8-9
former seminarians: w02 4/1 9; w01 3/1 8-9; yb01 48; yb99 61-62; yb97 230-231; yb93 55; g93 8/22 12-15; g87 3/22 7-8
girl raised in convent: g01 6/22 20-23
lay preacher: yb13 122
member of youth group: w96 2/15 24
militant man studies with Witnesses as last resort: yb93 182-183
monk accepts truth: yb92 162-163
mother whose babies died: w01 9/15 3, 6
nuns accept truth: w05 1/1 6; w00 1/15 31; w92 5/1 30; yb90 118-119; g90 3/8 12; w87 11/15 3, 7
older woman who had lived in a convent: g96 4/8 11
pilgrimage organizer and close friend of cardinal, vicar of Rome: w91 3/1 14
priest accepts truth: g 2/15 12-13
priest aspirant: yb15 170-171
priest comments on parishioner’s becoming Witness: w04 8/1 6-7
priest fails to recover parishioner: yb93 246-247
prominent couple: w94 10/1 9
sacristans: w96 2/15 24-25; w96 10/15 27; w92 1/1 6
schoolgirl: yb02 104
student for priesthood: w88 12/1 7
successful businessman: ijwcl article 12
suspicious about Witnesses: yb13 126
youth asks to become Witness missionary: g98 8/22 32
expulsion of Moriscos: g 9/14 14-15
failure:
Africa: g94 10/22 5-6; g94 12/22 18-19; g92 7/8 28
comments by Jesuit: g89 1/8 8-9
nun’s comment in Rwanda: w95 6/15 5
Fascism:
support by Church: re 262; g94 4/22 28-29; g94 10/22 28
Galileo: g 6/15 10-11; w05 4/1 3-5; g03 4/22 11-14; ba 4-5; g92 3/22 3; w91 12/15 22-24; g90 2/8 28; gm 98, 103-104
gambling: g91 5/8 6
churches for gamblers (Las Vegas, U.S.): g95 9/8 29; g95 9/22 10
parish adds lottery to bingo: w88 12/15 7
homosexuality among clergy: w10 3/15 30; g90 3/22 29; g89 1/22 9-11; w87 11/1 15; g87 6/22 31; w86 1/1 12
Index of Forbidden Books (1559- ): w07 7/1 18; w05 12/15 14-15; g03 9/8 20-22
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (with Lutheran Church) (1999): w00 12/1 32
lawsuits over child abuse by priests: g93 4/8 31
membership in 500 C.E.: g89 6/22 27
missionaries:
15th, 16th centuries: w89 1/15 3, 17; g89 9/22 16
Americas: g94 12/8 20-22
Maryknoll order: g87 4/22 8
Middle Ages: g94 10/22 20-21
monasteries:
rules: w96 9/1 18
Nazism:
bishops urge Germans to fight for: w89 3/1 4
book The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany: re 270
church asks forgiveness of Jews: g98 4/22 29
concordat: re 237-238; g95 8/22 14; w89 4/15 10-11, 22-23; w89 5/1 6
converted Jewess beatified as Catholic martyr (1987): g87 11/22 13
document We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah: g99 6/22 30; g98 10/22 26-27
Hitler not excommunicated: w87 10/15 3
open letter of American Jewish Congress to Pope John Paul II (1987): g87 11/22 14
silence of pope: g94 10/22 28; w89 4/15 11-12
silent cooperation of clergy: g87 11/22 13-14
support by church: re 40, 237-238; g95 8/22 12-13; w89 4/15 10-12, 22-23; g87 4/8 18; g87 4/22 6; g87 8/8 28
Vatican’s awareness of Holocaust: g89 3/8 29
occultism growing: g93 4/22 28
“Old Catholics” movement: g90 6/22 3, 5; g89 2/8 6-7
opposition to Witnesses: re 270-271; w95 1/1 17; g95 2/22 31; jv 492-494, 573, 656-660, 666-668; w92 8/15 32; w86 12/15 18; g86 2/22 31
instructions on visits by Witnesses: w97 7/1 32
Opus Dei organization: w89 4/1 6
persecution of Jews:
Middle Ages: sh 217
persecution of Muslims: g88 11/8 23-26
political involvement: sh 269; w89 4/1 5-6
Argentina: g87 4/22 6
Augustine’s contribution: w93 7/1 9
Brazil: g87 4/22 7; w86 7/15 27
Canada: jv 680-681
comment by Jesuit professor: w92 3/1 7
Croatia during World War II: g94 10/22 4
efforts to avert nuclear war: w86 2/15 7
Germany (Nazi): re 237-238
Jesuits: g92 11/8 11-14
Latin America: w93 6/15 21
Mexico: yb95 249-250; g87 4/22 5
Philippines: g87 4/22 3; w86 7/15 27
Puerto Rico: yb87 95
Soviet Union: g90 10/8 29
Spain: re 262; g90 3/8 4-9
“two powers” theory: w94 7/1 15
“two swords” theory: w94 7/1 15; w93 7/1 10
United Nations: g00 10/22 31; w92 3/1 5-6
United States: g 6/12 28; g87 4/22 9
used secular rulers to support Inquisition: g86 4/22 20, 24
pre-Reformation efforts at reform: w95 2/1 6; sh 309-313
Church councils: sh 309
simony: w86 8/15 15-16
slave trade approved by: g02 9/8 12-14
Synod of Bishops:
African bishops in Rome (1994): g94 12/22 18-19
Special Assembly for Europe (1991): g92 7/8 26-27
theologians:
attitude toward resurrection: w86 11/15 21
challenge pope’s leadership: g89 11/8 29
Cologne Declaration: g90 6/22 7, 9
condone violence: w90 2/15 28
decries secularization of Western religion: g88 2/8 13-14
homosexuality justified: w87 11/1 15
Küng reasons about leaving church: w95 2/1 3
liberation theology: w87 4/15 21; g87 4/22 7-8; g87 8/8 18-20; g87 11/8 3-7
view of ransom: w91 2/15 7
“unions of prayer”: g91 2/22 9
war: rs 43-44
admission by Pope John Paul II: g87 6/8 9
against Protestants (France, 1500’s): g97 4/22 4-9
comments by Catholic sources: w88 4/15 16-17
former Yugoslavia: g94 10/22 4
Germany (Nazi): re 238
Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia: re 262
Japan’s feudal wars: re 268
Rwanda (1994): yb12 197, 199; w97 5/1 14; w95 6/15 5; g95 12/22 24; g94 12/22 19
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): re 207-208, 262; g90 3/8 7-9
World War II: w96 7/1 5; g94 10/22 3-4
wealth:
public reaction to encyclical encouraging sale of ornaments in churches to help poor: w88 8/15 31
website: g99 3/22 29
whether typified by Oholah: rr 166, 239; w89 4/1 30; w88 9/15 20-21
wine for Mass:
prevalence of nonsacred use: g94 2/8 28
World Catholic Federation for the Biblical Apostolate:
Third General Assembly: g86 6/8 7-9
World Youth Day: g 6/09 24
Australia (2008): g 6/09 24-27
Canada (2002): g05 5/8 32
Beliefs and Religious Practices
abortion prohibited: w90 11/15 28; g88 3/8 25; g87 4/8 6-7
Italians repudiate Church position: w90 11/15 28
public-relations firms hired to convey wrongness of abortion: g90 7/8 29; g90 9/8 28
absorption of, from native religions: g94 12/22 19-20
Africa: g94 12/22 19-20, 22-23
All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1): ijwfq article 59; g01 10/8 8-9; rs 181; w88 12/1 6
All Souls’ Day (Day of the Dead) (Nov. 2): ijwfq article 59; g01 10/8 8-9; rs 180-181; w88 12/1 3-4, 6
“anathemas” and “interdicts”: it-2 301
animals blessed: g93 8/22 29
Apocrypha: it-1 121-125; si 301-302
Augustine: it-1 122
Jerome: it-1 121-122
apostolic succession: w14 7/15 18-19; w11 8/1 24-26; g91 2/22 7-9; rs 37-44
dissension over teaching: g90 6/22 8-9
Aristotle influences: g16.5 15
attitude toward—
angels: w87 12/15 3-4
apartheid: g88 6/22 6
apparitions of “Mary”: g89 3/8 3-8
being part of world: yb87 253
end of world: w06 8/15 4; g86 12/8 6
evolution theory: g 5/08 30; w86 4/1 12; w86 7/15 5; w86 9/15 26
in vitro fertilization: g87 8/8 29
Jews: w86 9/15 26
laity: g88 8/22 26-27
liberation theology: g88 12/22 4; w87 4/15 21; g87 4/22 7-8; g87 8/8 19-20; g87 11/8 7
morality: g86 11/22 29
ordination of women: g88 8/22 27
priests accused of sex abuse of boys: g90 11/8 31
resurrection: w86 11/15 21
sacred books of pagan religions: w97 1/15 32; g96 8/22 28
sex: w96 9/1 17-18; g86 2/8 28; g86 4/22 28; g86 8/22 28
suffering, according to some Catholic authorities: g20.2 5
baptism: w93 4/1 3-4
adults: w89 7/15 31
baptisteries: g 9/07 12-14
fate of unbaptized infants: w86 3/15 5
immersions: g 9/07 14; w93 4/1 5
immersions, partial: g 9/07 12-14
India (1545): w93 4/1 3; w89 1/15 17
infants: g 9/07 14; w89 7/15 31; rs 55; w86 3/15 3-6; g86 10/8 26
infants still in womb: g86 10/8 26
Bible: w12 3/1 4; w98 10/15 5; yb97 128; tp 30; g86 6/8 3-9
admits responsibility to preach: g86 7/8 13-14
Codex Vaticanus: w89 5/1 30-31
discredited: tp 30; g86 6/8 8-9
divine name: w11 1/15 4; w10 7/1 7; w09 4/1 23
Latin Vulgate held inerrant: w89 5/1 30
offers Bible courses (Australia): g90 9/8 29
possession of, in common tongue opposed: w13 2/15 5; g 12/11 8; g03 9/8 21-22; g97 12/8 17-18; w92 6/15 8-11
possession of, opposed: wp16.4 5; gm 30-31; w86 5/15 17
reading: w01 6/1 32; g86 6/8 3-9
standard edition of Latin Vulgate: it-2 1153
subordinated to tradition: g90 6/22 8; g86 6/8 4-7
translation into common tongue opposed: w16.11 24-25; g 12/11 7-8; w05 12/15 15; w97 8/15 11; w97 9/15 25; w97 10/1 11-12; g97 12/8 17-18; w92 6/15 9-10; g90 3/8 6; gm 27-31; w87 7/15 21-22; g87 10/8 25-26
translations in common tongue: w05 12/15 16; g03 9/8 22; g97 12/8 18; w92 6/15 11; gm 31; g89 9/8 24; g87 10/8 25; g86 6/8 4, 8-9
birth control: g 9/07 10-11; g96 4/8 4; g96 10/8 13; w89 6/15 28; g89 9/22 22-24
Catholics defy church: g 9/07 10; g96 4/8 4; g88 3/8 25
prohibition unscriptural: g 9/07 11; g88 3/8 27
castration for religious purposes: g96 2/8 12-14
catechism:
attendance at Mass: g96 4/8 5
birth control: g96 4/8 4
hell: w08 11/1 3; g96 4/8 8
ineffectiveness: g99 7/22 29
interpretation of Scripture: g96 4/8 8
new universal: g96 4/8 5; g93 2/8 28; g93 9/8 8; g90 11/8 28
celibacy of the clergy: g99 9/22 28; w96 7/1 6; w96 10/15 15; w90 12/15 21; rs 42-43; g88 3/8 26
admittedly not a Bible requirement: rs 42; g88 3/8 26
bad fruitage: g98 6/8 16-17; w96 7/1 7; g95 11/8 29; g91 10/22 28; g90 12/8 31
church adamant: g94 5/22 28
comments by Catholic Encyclopedia: w87 11/15 10
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: w96 10/15 15
development: g98 6/8 17
factor in shortage of priests: g96 2/22 28
letter and reply in Awake!: g00 6/8 30; g99 2/22 30
nonacceptance by Catholics and priests: g97 3/22 28
survey by Australian Catholic Weekly: g90 7/22 28
synod of married priests: g86 4/8 29
Christmas: w15 12/1 15; w07 12/15 8-9
comments by Jesuit regarding December 25: w86 12/15 26
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: g02 12/8 17
Church and State: w93 7/1 9-10
claim of being governed by Christ: g88 3/8 26-27
claim of being the one true church: w03 9/1 3, 6; w93 7/1 17; g91 2/22 6-10
clergy disbelief: w98 10/15 3
clergy-laity distinction: rs 51
comparison with those of Jesus and apostles: g88 3/8 26-27
confession: w91 3/15 3-7; rs 80-82
confessionals in bookstores (Italy): g96 11/22 28
decline: w10 6/1 5-6; g04 10/8 29
origin of auricular confession: rs 82
confirmation: g91 8/8 12-13
conscience of individuals: g90 6/22 3
creeds:
Athanasian: w88 6/1 10
Nicene: g 8/13 13; sh 280; ti 7-8; g89 7/8 21-22
differences with Eastern Orthodox Church: sh 279-280; g90 6/22 4-5; g89 7/8 21-22; g89 8/8 23-24
divine name:
comments by Pope Benedict XVI: w08 7/1 30
direction on Bible translations (2001, 2008): w10 7/1 7; w09 4/1 23
dropped from services, hymns, prayers (2008): w12 3/1 7; w10 1/15 14; w10 7/1 7; w09 4/1 30
professor explains importance: w90 2/15 7
divorce: w88 5/15 3, 5
tradition against all remarriage unscriptural: g88 3/8 27
Easter: g86 3/22 3-6
ecumenical movement: g91 2/22 4-11
evangelizing:
Asia: g99 1/22 28
extraterrestrials if found: g93 4/8 29
laity attitude: w11 3/1 6
laity encouraged to engage in: g88 8/22 27
“new evangelization”: w16.05 11; g93 3/8 28
no appeal to Bible: g90 11/8 14-15
pope urges door-to-door preaching: w96 12/1 32; g95 2/22 15
responsibility of all Christians: g86 7/8 13-14
youths mistaken for Jehovah’s Witnesses: g 5/07 11
evolution of species: g 5/08 30; g97 5/8 28; g97 5/22 28; g97 10/22 12-13
exorcism:
spate of unofficial: w89 4/15 26-27
healing:
Marian shrines: sh 74, 76-77; g89 3/8 2-3, 6
hell: w13 11/1 6; w09 11/1 5; w02 7/15 3; w98 10/15 4; g97 2/22 18; w90 5/1 26-27; w89 10/1 3, 6; g86 4/22 25-26
body to be tortured: w90 5/1 27
comments by Pope John Paul II (1999): w02 7/15 3; g00 3/8 29
Jesuit statement: g92 10/22 28
holy spirit: rs 407
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: w09 10/1 3; w88 6/1 14
homosexuality:
clergy justify: w89 10/15 29; w86 1/1 12
official position: w89 10/15 29; g89 1/22 9; g87 3/22 30
theologian justifies: w87 11/1 15
image veneration: g94 3/8 17; w92 2/15 5-6; rs 183, 185; w88 8/1 4-5; g87 6/8 28
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: ijwbq article 64
indulgences: mrt article 78; sh 312; w87 9/15 26, 28; w87 10/1 23
for year 2000: g99 10/22 28
Luther’s day: sh 315
over radio and TV: w87 2/15 21; g86 4/8 31
interfaith: w86 10/1 15, 18-19
Buddhist prayer-meeting for peace, Mt. Hiei, Japan (1987): w88 3/15 8
interdenominational assembly to pray for peace (1994): g95 12/22 24
interdenominational prayers for peace, Assisi, Italy (2002): g02 10/22 4-8
pope’s visit to Australia (1986): g87 7/8 13
“World Day of Prayer for Peace,” Assisi, Italy (1986): re 249-251; w92 3/1 6; w88 1/15 13; g87 3/22 29; g87 6/8 2-10
judgment: w91 8/1 3-4
Kingdom: w92 2/1 6
Lent: ijwbq article 139; ijwfq article 59
Limbo: w88 9/15 4; w86 3/15 5-6; g86 6/8 6
not official dogma: w10 6/1 10; g99 11/8 28-29; w88 9/15 4; w86 3/15 6
marriage: g86 2/8 28; g86 8/22 28
annulment: g 12/07 28
Protestant mate: g93 9/8 3
Mary: w91 7/1 5-7; w89 5/1 20-22; g88 11/8 2-9, 11-12
“appearances” of Mary: g98 3/22 29; g92 9/8 29; g89 3/8 3-8
Assumption dogma: w94 2/15 26-29; rs 258; g88 11/8 5, 11-12
church origin of veneration: w89 5/1 21
devotion to Mary: w89 5/1 20
effect of Trinity doctrine: sh 276-277; w89 5/1 20-21; ti 31
“ever virgin”: ijwbq article 153; w10 4/1 13; w09 1/1 6; w03 12/15 3; w97 10/15 31; rs 255-256; g88 11/8 11-12
Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary: ijwfq article 59
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: ijwfq article 59
Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe: ijwfq article 59
first to see Jesus after his resurrection: g98 1/8 29; g98 11/8 30; g94 10/8 29
images of Mary: g98 3/8 31; rs 259; w88 8/1 5
“immaculate conception” of Mary: ijwbq article 153; w98 8/1 31; rs 257-258; g89 3/8 5-8; g88 11/8 5, 11-12
“intermediary”: w91 2/15 21; g90 6/8 12-13; g88 11/8 7-8
letters from Catholics on: g89 3/22 28; g89 6/8 30
Marian Year (1953-1954): g88 11/8 5-6
Marian Year (1987-1988): g88 11/8 2-4, 6-7; g87 4/22 29
mother, “Saint” Anne: w91 2/15 21
“mother of God”: ijwbq article 136; g96 1/8 26-27; sh 277; w89 5/1 20-21; rs 256-257; w88 4/1 23; g88 11/8 11-12
pagan background: w91 7/1 5-7; sh 277; w89 4/1 7-8; w89 5/1 21; rs 260
Pope John Paul II: g88 11/8 2-4
prayers to Mary: w09 1/1 9-10; g 7/06 30; g05 9/8 26-27; rs 258-259
“queen of heaven”: w09 1/1 10; w88 4/1 19
Rosary: g91 1/22 30; g90 6/8 12-13; g88 11/8 3
“special reverence” (hyperdulia): g88 11/8 8
Vatican II council: rs 259
Virgin of Guadalupe: g90 11/8 14-15
Mary Magdalene: ijwbq article 172
Mass (Eucharist): w23.01 21; w08 4/1 26-29; g99 5/8 26-27; rs 261-265
accused of being “Protestantized”: g90 6/22 4
altar girls: g95 1/8 29
“collective” Masses: g91 7/8 29
Latin reinstituted: g90 6/22 7
pagan origin: w99 3/15 24-25
artwork: it-1 181; rs 354-355
comments by Cardinal Newman: re 236
comments by historian Will Durant: sh 262
comments by La Civiltà Cattolica: w99 3/15 25
Germanic peoples: g89 7/8 23
hell: w89 10/1 4-7
immortality of soul: sh 265-266; rs 51, 379-380
Mexico: g 3/08 22-23
Rome: sh 262
saints and madonnas: g89 3/8 23; g89 6/22 25
similarity to Buddhism: g89 4/22 17-18
Sunday: rs 346
Trinity: g05 4/22 7; sh 264; rs 51, 406; ti 11-12; w88 6/1 18
zodiacal signs in cathedrals: it-2 1240
pagan practices permitted:
Maya: w08 12/1 14
Peter:
claim of burial in the Vatican: w94 10/15 27-30
claim of primacy over other apostles: w16.06 32; w15 12/1 13; w11 8/1 24-25; g91 2/22 7-8; rs 38-39
claim that “Babylon” meant Rome: si 251-252; rs 41
claim that Peter was the foundation (Mt 16:18): w15 12/1 12-14; w11 8/1 24-25; g93 9/8 21-22; sh 268; rs 37-39
claim that pope is successor: w16.06 32; w15 12/1 12-14; w11 8/1 24-26; g91 2/22 7-9; rs 37-41
“keys of the kingdom” (Mt 16:19): g93 9/8 23; rs 39-41
pilgrimages to Spain: g91 5/8 22-25
pope’s authority over governments: w93 7/1 10
prayers:
for the dead: g 10/06 10-11; rs 265
to Mary: w09 1/1 9-10; g 7/06 30; g05 9/8 26-27; rs 258-259
to “saints”: g 9/14 9; w13 6/1 12; g 11/10 20; w02 9/15 4-6; w96 7/15 3-4; rs 353-354
predestination: w95 2/15 3-4, 7
purgatory: ijwbq article 128; w98 10/15 4; ie 24; w89 10/1 6; rs 265, 298-300; g88 7/8 6
prayers for the dead: g 10/06 10-11; rs 265
ransom: w91 2/15 6-7
New Catholic Encyclopedia: w91 2/15 4
relics: rs 354
Holy Coat of Trier: w97 4/1 19
Shroud of Turin: ijwbq article 148; g01 7/22 27; g98 12/22 23-24; w89 1/15 30
resurrection:
body immortalized: w90 5/1 26-27
disagreement over: w86 11/15 21
Rosary: g05 9/8 27; g03 6/8 29; w96 7/15 4; g90 6/8 12-13; g88 11/8 3
“saints”: w02 9/15 3; rs 184, 352-355
acceptance of identifying pagan gods with: g05 2/22 13
All Saints’ Day: ijwfq article 59; g01 10/8 8-9; rs 181; w88 12/1 6
Anne, mother of Mary: w91 2/15 21
Confucius recommended for canonization: sh 175
Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe: ijwfq article 59
founder of Opus Dei: g92 1/8 28-29
Queen Isabella I (Spain) recommended as: g91 6/8 28
relics: w91 11/15 3-6; rs 354
Satan the Devil: w02 10/15 5-6
belief in reality of: g02 2/22 20; w89 4/15 26-27
seven cardinal (deadly) sins: ijwbq article 114
similarities to Buddhism: sh 33-34
soul: w98 10/15 5; ie 22; w95 3/1 29-30; w90 5/1 18-19, 21, 26-27; w90 9/1 4-5; rs 51, 169, 377, 379; g88 7/8 8
Sunday as Sabbath: rs 346
syncretism (fusion with indigenous religions):
African religion (Brazil): g05 2/22 12-13
traditions: w12 3/1 4; w98 10/15 5; w96 9/1 17-18; w88 12/1 3-4
Bible subordinated to: g90 6/22 8; g86 6/8 4-7
unscriptural: w88 12/1 5-6; g88 3/8 26-27
Trinity: w09 11/1 7; w91 11/1 19-20; sh 274-277, 279; rs 42; ti 3-9, 21-23; w88 4/1 20; w87 6/15 3
absence in Primitive Church: w92 4/1 26
admittedly not Biblical: ti 5-6
comments by Catechism of the Catholic Church: g 8/13 13
comments by Catholic Encyclopedia: w91 11/1 19; rs 42; ti 3-5, 22; w88 6/1 10
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: w09 11/1 7; g05 4/22 7; w00 6/1 5; w94 6/1 11; rs 42, 405, 407; ti 4-7, 22-23; g89 12/22 12; w88 6/1 10, 18; w87 6/15 4
war: w12 3/1 5
Way of the Cross ritual:
Ecuador: yb89 225-226
Mexico: g02 8/8 31
Quotations
Catholic hierarchies almost always supported the wars of their nations: g98 10/22 4; g94 10/22 3; w90 2/1 19
clergy sex abuse is largest crisis in centuries: g 3/11 29
inconsistency of pastors and faithful is undermining Church’s credibility: g 2/14 3
neglect greatest preoccupation of Witnesses—the home visit: rs 206
sexual crisis is tearing at the central nervous system of the Church: g90 12/8 31