Popes
Who is the current pope?
Pope Leo XIV
This is the most recent ecumenical (universal) council convoked by the Church.
What is Vatican II?
Our Patroness, St. Theresa, was born here.
What is Lisieux?
What is the title given to the one where Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531?
Our Lady of Guadalupe
What is the last city Sts. Peter and Paul went to preach, at which point they were martyred?
Who was the first pope?
St. Peter
This was the first council, called in 325 A.D. They addressed Christ's Divinity, as well as setting a universal date for Easter.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
He is Jesus's cousin, and "he came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe."
Who is St. John the Baptist?
What is the name of the one where she appeared to three children in Portugal, and the sign was "the miracle of the sun"?
Our Lady of Fatima
This is where St. James the Greater was traditionally held to have preached.
Spain
Who was the most recent pope to be canonized as a saint?
Pope St. John Paul II
This is the second council convoked by the church, which expanded upon the theology developed at the first council of Nicaea. (The full name of the Creed we pray in mass includes this council's name.)
What is the first council of Constantinople?
(It's called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed)
He is the patron saint of the cathedral of the archdiocese of Seattle.
Who is St. James the apostle?
What is the title of the one where she says "I am the Immaculate Conception", and leaves behind a spring that has miraculously healed 70 people of incurable diseases, the last of which was in 2018?
Our Lady of Lourdes
Where was St. John the Evangelist when he received the visions in the book of Revelations?
Exiled in Greece (specifically, the island of Patmos)
Whose name before being named pope was Joseph Ratzinger, who was a brilliant theologian?
Pope Benedict XVI
This council was convoked to seek reunification with the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches.
What is the council of Florence?
He was the first Christian to be martyred for the faith, as recorded by the Acts of the Apostles.
Who is St. Stephen (the protomartyr)?
This is the oldest apparition, in A.D. 40 in Zaragoza, Spain to St. James the Apostle. The church, which was built to honor the message given in the apparition, still stands to this day.
Our Lady of the Pillar
Where is St. Thomas said to have preached, up until his martyrdom?
India
This was the first pope to have the title "The Great" appended to his name.
Who is Pope St. Leo the Great?
This council sought to address the erroneous theologies promoted by the Protestant reformation.
What is the name of the good thief on the cross?
St. Dismas
This apparition to St. Catherine in France resulted in the devotion to a particular medal.
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
This is where St. Matthew the Evangelist is said to have been martyred.
Ethiopia