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Questions / Salvation, heaven and hell

Do Catholics believe in the rapture?

Church teaching

Answered on video by Dr. Brant Pitre

Video: What Is the Rapture? Is It Biblical? | Dr. Brant Pitre, Catholic Productions, published Nov 25, 2019. Checked 10 October 2026. Loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only when you press play. Watch on YouTube

In short: No secret rapture. Before Christ comes back, the Church goes through a final trial. CCC 675 CCC 677

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

Before Christ comes again, the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many. CCC 675

The Church enters the glory of the Kingdom only by following her Lord through death and Resurrection. CCC 677

Our words

No secret disappearing. Jesus returns once, publicly, in glory. Meanwhile, the call is to stay faithful.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 675, 677 (official text on vatican.va).

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