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What Catholics really believe, and why.

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The Last Supper, by Juan de Juanes: Christ raises the Host among the apostles.
The center of it all

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’”

John 6:35, World English Bible
Juan de Juanes, The Last Supper, c. 1562. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

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Today in the Church: readings and saint of the day

See it. Don’t just read it.

Four ways to watch the whole faith come together: scroll the Bible’s story, walk through a Mass, trace the timeline, print a poster.

The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo: God reaches out to give life to Adam, their fingers almost touching.Scroll explainer · 10 minThe Story in 7 ActsThe whole Bible as one story, Creation to the Church. It moves as you scroll.See it The Last Supper, by Juan de Juanes: Christ raises the Host among the apostles.Walkthrough · 6 partsThe Mass, part by partNever been? Here’s what happens, and why, one move at a time.See it Book of Kells, folio 27v: the four Gospel symbols, a man, a lion, a calf and an eagle, in a woven border.Interactive · timelineThe Bible timelineAbraham to the apostles on one line, and how we got 73 books.See it The Trinity, icon by Andrei Rublev: three angels sit in peace around a table with a chalice.Printable · 5 postersBig-picture postersThe Creed, the Mass, the Rosary and more. One page each. Fridge-ready.See it

Big questions. Straight answers.

The BibleWho decided what’s in your Bible?Catholic and Protestant Bibles differ by seven books. Here is who decided, and when.Read it SufferingIf God is good, why do children suffer?The greatest Catholic thinker wrote the case against God down first. So do we.Read it HistoryWasn’t the papacy invented later?Your verse first, then the earliest sources, then the honest limits.Read it JesusCan we trust the Gospels?Who wrote them, in the words of the earliest bishop to name them, and how they got from Jesus to the page.Read it

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Voices of the revival.

Fr. Mike Schmitz, Bishop Robert Barron, Dr. Brant Pitre and more: short films from faithful Catholic teachers.

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