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1) Popes
Catholics, including Pope Francis, recently commemorated the May 18 birthday of Pope John Paul II? How old would he have been this year?
- a) 90
- b) 95
- c) 100
- d) 115
2) Catholicism A to Z
What does simony mean?
- a) Buying or selling spiritual and church-related privileges, pardons, titles, etc.
- b) Being able to hear God’s voice
- c) Church music with a folk influence
- d) Not confessing a sin for a long time
3) Holy Orders
What are the three degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders?
- a) Deacon, bishop, cardinal
- b) Priest, bishop, cardinal
- c) Deacon, priest, pope
- d) Deacon, priest, bishop
4) Saints
The recent movie, “A Hidden Life,” by director Terrence Malick, focused on the life of which WWII-era “Blessed”?
- a) Franz Jagerstatter
- b) Maximilian Kolbe
- c) Edith Stein
- d) Sara Salkahazi
5) Catholic Hawaii
Bishop Silva successfully petitioned the state recently to make what category of Catholic an essential worker for ministering to the sick and dying?
- a) Religious sisters
- b) Priests
- c) Deacons
- d) Lay homebound ministers
6) Current events
An Archdiocese of Detroit priest went viral recently for a photo showing him blessing parishioners and their Easter baskets of food on Easter Sunday with holy water delivered by what means?
- a) Syringe
- b) Pole
- c) Hose
- d) Squirt gun
7) Trivia
Which actor, who was born and raised Catholic and who also lives in Hawaii part-time, says his faith helped get him through the death of his first wife and his daughter?
- a) Jim Gaffigan
- b) Pierce Brosnan
- c) Mark Wahlberg
- d) Liam Neeson
Answers: 1) c, 2) a, 3) d, 4) a, 5) b, 6) d, 7) b
