Readers, I’m abstaining from jokes during Lent. Or maybe I just ran out of ones to share!
1) Saints
St. Oscar Romero (feast day: March 24) was archbishop of San Salvador in El Salvador from 1977-1980 when he was murdered while saying Mass. Before he became a priest, what trade did he start off in?
- a) Carpentry
- b) Butchering
- c) Teaching
- d) Farming
2) Popes
What is believed to be Pope Benedict XVI’s favorite soda?
- a) Root Beer
- b) Coca Cola
- c) Orange Fanta
- d) Ginger Ale
3) Scripture
How long was Jonah in the whale’s belly according to the Book of Jonah?
- a) One day
- b) Two days
- c) Three days
- d) Thirty days
4) Liturgy
What is the name for the part of the Eucharist where the priest asks God to call down the Holy Spirit on the bread and wine and change them into the body and blood of Christ?
- a) The Preface
- b) The Sanctus
- c) The Epiclesis
- d) The Anamnesis
5) Current events
Caritas Internationalis is a Catholic aid organization made up of more than 160 member organizations around the world. It’s been offering emergency assistance in Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s attack on the country. Where was Caritas founded?
- a) Germany
- b) the U.S.
- c) Great Britain
- d) Spain
6) More popes
Who was the first pope to visit the United States?
- a) Pope John XXIII
- b) Pope Paul VI
- c) Pope John Paul II
- d) Pope Pius XII
7) Around the world
Bishop Michael Bibi of Buea in southwest Cameroon condemned the rise of kidnapping of what type of people in northwest and southwest regions?
- a) Bankers
- b) Farmers
- c) Priests
- d) Teachers
Answers: 1) a, 2) c, 3) c, 4) c, 5) a, 6) b, 7) d