Catholics consider holy communion to be a "sacrament". Sacraments are special graces from God conferred only to Catholics. Most involve a clergy member administering it to the Catholic.As a member of...
I don't know what the Muslim feeling is about this, but as far as the Catholics are concerned, no. Anyone can participate in a Catholic Mass and do all the things Catholic's do in Mass [the gestures,...
Index of Prohibited Books- or the equivalent in Latin. it was rather quietly phased- out a few years ago- as the Holy Office ( censoring arm) was up to its ears with more serious peccadillos such as...
Catholic is actually a word that means universal and was used when the church was first established as the "universal" church. ANSWER: St. Ignatious of Antioch Letter to the Smyrnaeans (Smyrna), in...