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Catholicism All-in-One For Dummies

Overview

Let there be light — illuminating info about today’s Catholic church

Catholicism All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition offers a path toward understanding the beliefs of the Catholic church and how the church operates. Fully updated with information on newly canonized saints, updated teachings from Pope Francis, and how Catholic beliefs intersect with the modern world, this edition gets you up to date with the last 2,000-or-so years of Catholic history.

With five minibooks in one, this friendly Dummies guide will answer your pressing questions, such as: What do Catholics believe? What happens in Mass? Who are the saints? What is the role of the Pope? — and other cool stuff you’ve been wanting to know about this Christian denomination with over 1 billion members worldwide.

With Catholicism All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, you will:

  • Discover the core tenets of the Catholic religion
  • Learn all about the papacy and get to know Pope Francis
  • Get a primer on the Catholic saints, including those newly canonized
  • Walk through the traditions of Mass and the seven sacraments

This is an excellent resource for anyone who needs a clear guide to the practices and rules of the Catholic faith and wants a fascinating look into a prominent world religion.

Let there be light — illuminating info about today’s Catholic church

Catholicism All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition offers a path toward understanding the beliefs of the Catholic church and how the church operates. Fully updated with information on newly canonized saints, updated teachings from Pope Francis, and how Catholic beliefs intersect with the modern world, this edition gets you up to date with the last 2,000-or-so years of Catholic history.

With five minibooks in one, this friendly Dummies guide will answer your pressing questions, such as: What do Catholics believe? What happens in Mass? Who are the saints? What is the role of

the Pope? — and other cool stuff you’ve been wanting to know about this Christian denomination with over 1 billion members worldwide.

With Catholicism All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, you will:

  • Discover the core tenets of the Catholic religion
  • Learn all about the papacy and get to know Pope Francis
  • Get a primer on the Catholic saints, including those newly canonized
  • Walk through the traditions of Mass and the seven sacraments

This is an excellent resource for anyone who needs a clear guide to the practices and rules of the Catholic faith and wants a fascinating look into a prominent world religion.

Catholicism All-In-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet

This Cheat Sheet focuses on the mysteries of the rosary, which, to Catholics, represent the events in the lives of Jesus and Mary. They are referred to as "mysteries" not because they are mysterious things that cannot be figured out; when it comes to the rosary, the mysteries are events devout Catholics can never stop thinking about. While saying the prayers of the Rosary, Catholics meditate on what are called the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. But saying the mysteries is really no mystery at all, because each so-called mystery refers to a different passage in the life of Christ or Mary, his mother. Each decade (an Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and a Glory Be) recalls a different mystery.