My dear Herald quiz-takers,
Now that we have put 2020 behind us, it’s time to start with a clean slate … of no wrong answers on my quiz! Let’s see how you do with this first quiz of the new year.
-H.C. Harold
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1) Current Events
True or False: Bishop Larry Silva, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Pope Francis all say that receiving the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines is morally permissible and encouraged.
- a) True
- b) False
2) Catholic history
Which Roman Catholic saint’s teachings were condemned by church theologians in 1277?
- a) Ignatius of Loyola
- b) Catherine of Siena
- c) Thomas Aquinas
- d) Thomas More
3) Current events
On Dec. 27, Pope Francis announced the Church would focus 2021 on reflecting on the papal document “Amoris Laetitia.” What is that about?
- a) the environment
- b) the family
- c) human solidarity
- d) the death penalty
4) Catholic A to Z
The Holy of Holies references what part of the Jewish temple?
- a) The sanctuary
- b) The place where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
- c) The place only the High Priest entered once a year
- d) All of the above
5) More current events
Pope Francis’ first planned international trip in 2021, slated for March, will be to what country?
- a) Great Britain
- b) Russia
- c) Kenya
- d) Iraq
6) Scripture
In the Jan. 17 Gospel reading (John 1:35-42), John tells two of his disciples “Behold, the Lamb of God.” They then go and follow Jesus. The first disciple was Andrew, who got his brother to come and follow Jesus. What was the brother’s name?
- a) Simon Peter
- b) Matthew
- c) James
- d) Thomas
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
7) Saints
Jan. 12 is the feast day of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, a Frenchwoman who went on to found the Sisters of Notre Dame of Montreal in Canada. A life-changing moment with the Virgin Mary in what form led her to follow a religious life?
- a) an apparition
- b) a statue
- c) a rosary
- d) a book
Answers: 1) a, 2) c, 3) b, 4) d, 5) d, 6) a, 7) b