Saints
Who is the first American-born saint?
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
What is Jesus' blood type?
AB
What do Joab, Naaman and Cornelius have in common?
They are soldiers.
Who is known as the "founder of California"?
St. Junipero Serra
Who was the first non-Italian Pope after 1523?
Pope John Paul II
This American Blessed served in Oklahoma and in Guatemala where he was martyred.
Who is Bl. Stanley Rother?
What is the largest Catholic church in the world?
St. Peter's (It is the largest church in the world by land area with an internal area of 15160 square meters and stretches over 186 meters in length.)
What is the meaning of the name Melchizedek?
king of righteousness
This 19th century saint is the patron saint of apprentices, editors and publishers, schoolchildren, magicians, and juvenile delinquents.
Who is Saint John Bosco?
In what country would you find the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope?
The United States (The high-powered telescope is on Mount Graham near Tucson, Arizona. Vatican astronomers conduct research at the Arizona site as well as at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.)
Who are the four female doctors of the Church?
Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux
Why did Italian monks bake pretzels for their students during Lent?
Pretzels are made into the shape of crossed arms (a common prayer posture).
Which Old Testament book has a total of 52 chapters?
Jeremiah
What is the largest religious order in the Catholic Church?
The Jesuits
Who was the pope during World War II?
Pope Pius XII
Which Saint is also a Doctor of the Church and when exhumed 336 years after his death, was found with an incorrupt tongue?
St. Anthony of Padua
Who is the patron saint of cooks?
St. Lawrence
What three things did the Israelites take with them when they left Egypt?
Silver and gold, jewelry, and clothing
Which actress left Hollywood to become a nun?
Dolores Hart
Which Catholic Council promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception?
The Council of Trent
This Italian teenager, who died in 1990, was beatified in 2010 as the first "blessed" of Generation X. She is the patron saint of athletes.
Who is Blessed Chiara Luce Badano?
What are the three oils blessed by the bishop on Holy Thursday?
oil of catechumens, oil of the sick, and sacred chrism
Complete this verse from Job, "...for the price of wisdom is __________________."
"above rubies" (Job 28:18)
Why did the Italian monk and stigmatist St. Padre Pio appear in the sky during WWII?
He appeared in order to prevent the American bombers from dropping their bombs during World War II. It worked. The pilots returned to base explaining to their commander that a giant monk was in the sky stopping them.
What is the term for the pope's ring?
The fisherman’s ring (It shows St. Peter as a fisherman and has the reigning pope’s name inscribed around the border. Used since the 13th century as a seal for private letters and since the 15th century for papal briefs, it is one of two papal seals, the other being the leaden bull (bulla). The ring, which each newly elected pope receives, is publicly broken after the pope’s death by the cardinal camerlengo.)