The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 117: The Church Is Catholic
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Church's Catholic Universality
- The Church is Catholic because Christ is fully present in her, providing the fullness of the means of salvation.
- She is also Catholic because she is sent on a mission to all peoples universally without exclusion.
Meaning of Catholic Church
- Catholic means universal in the sense of totality, embracing the whole.
- The Church contains the fullness of faith, sacraments, and apostolic ministry, and its mission encompasses all humanity.
Unity Through Particular Churches
- Each diocese is a 'particular Church' united in faith and sacraments under a bishop in apostolic succession.
- All particular Churches are fully Catholic when in communion with the Church of Rome, which presides in charity.