The believers in the church are united in the way they believe and follow.

On all Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, and avoid activities that hinder the renewal of soul and body or growth in union with the Lord.

The Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

For thousands of years, the Church has continued a practice called communion, or depending on different church traditions, the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist. Communion uses bread as a symbol for Jesus’ body and wine as a symbol for His blood

A diocese that serves as the primary diocese in its region.

The church shares in God's life, and God is Holy, and the church doesn't have any sinners or sins in it.

At least once a year.

From the Greek for "overseer." By divine institution, he succeeds the Apostles through the Holy Spirit who is given to him. He is constituted a Pastor in the Church, to be the teacher of doctrine, the priest of sacred worship, and the minister of governance.

Pope John Paul II used it in his catechetical instructions, teaching that the Church is the new People of God. And Pope Benedict XVI has spoken of "the Church, the people of God throughout the world, united in faith and love and empowered by the Spirit to bear witness to the risen Christ to the ends of the earth.

The Church's living teaching office, which consists of all bishops, in communion with the Pope.

The church exists for all people, or whatever time and place, and the church is a type of Christianity.

(Traditionally from Ash Wednesday to Trinity Sunday.)

A bishop who heads an archdiocese.

The imagery and symbolism of marriage is applied to Christ and the body of believers known as the church. The church is comprised of those who have trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and have received eternal life.

An image of the Church derived from the writings of St. Paul. It highlights Christ's love for the Church and the purity and holiness that he has bestowed upon her.

The Church gets its mission and its authority from the apostles, and the church has to live and work exactly like the apostles did.

On the days appointed. (Catholics must fast on Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday and abstain from meat on each Friday of the year. Some bishops' conferences have permitted the faithful to substitute on Friday's of the year outside of Lent another pious work or practice in the place of abstinence from meat.)

It is many biblical figures were shepherds, among them the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, the twelve tribes, the prophet Moses, King David, and the Old Testament prophet Amos, who was a shepherd in the rugged area around Tekoa.

This is not a place or thing but rather the presence and action of God within the Church.

Latin for "from the chair"; refers to pronouncements regarding faith and morals made by the Pope by virtue of his office as Pope, the Vicar of Christ and successor of St. Peter.

We affirm these marks when we pray this prayer in the mass.

This includes not only finical support but also participation in the life of the Church and works of Charity.

A person or thing that succeeds another

Christ is the foundation, the cornerstone rejected by the builders. We are the living stones that make up his building, his holy Temple.

The gift of the Holy Spirit to the church whereby she is undivided in herself and distinct from all other institutions. It is one of the marks of the church.