Catholic Quiz - May/June 2021

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Test your Catholic knowledge by taking this quiz from Parable Magazine.

By Mary Jane Silvia

1. The central body through which the affairs of the Catholic Church are conducted *

1 point

a. Hierarchy

b. Magisterium

c. Roman Curia

d. Roman vicariate

2. After a pope dies or resigns, who runs the Vatican until a new pope is elected? *

1 point

a. The judicial vicar

b. The camerlengo

c. The highest-ranking cardinal

d. The secretary of state

3. The teaching authority of the Church *

1 point

a. College of Cardinals

b. Pontifical Council

c. Pontifical Commission

d. Magisterium

4. How many cardinals are there? *

1 point

a. 227

b. 175

c. 80

d. 403

5. A department of the Vatican is called a *

1 point

a. Dicastery

b. Secretariat

c. Rota

d. Tribunal

6. An obligatory visit to Rome by all diocesan bishops of a particular region that occurs every five years *

1 point

a. “In pectore” visit

b. Convocation

c. “Ad limina” visit

d. Consistory

7. A teaching document written by the pope *

1 point

a. Encyclical

b. Apostolic exhortation

c. Ecclesiastical treatise

d. Both A and B

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