A Catholic Quiz

What is the name of the head of the Catholic Church?

Who currently (as of 2025) holds that office?

And who, according to Catholic doctrine, was the first to hold that office?

What Catholic prayer addresses the "Holy... Mother of God," asking her to intercede on behalf of the sinners? (Hint: Go long.)

What term refers to the dogma that the addressee of the above prayer was born without original sin?

What term refers to the Catholic version of Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, which says that the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ?

Which medieval Catholic theologian drew upon a lot of the ideas of Aristotle, including using his theory of forms to explain the above doctrine?

And what work is largely considered his magnum opus, which summarizes all the main theological teachings of the Catholic Church?

The Council of Trent in the 16th century condemned the sale of what, which was a major reason why Martin Luther began the Reformation in 1517?

Which ecumenical council was the most recent, convened from 1962 to 1965, and focused on modernizing and renewing the church, ecumenism, human rights, and reforming the liturgy?

Which group schismed from the Catholic Church over the above council and rejected many of the changes that it made?

From what group did the Roman Catholic Church split in the Great Schism of 1054?

Catholics have 7 of what institutions, while Protestants only have two?

In which country did many natives see the "Our Lady of Guadalupe" apparition in the 1500s, convincing them to convert to Catholicism?

Where do Catholics believe one's soul goes after death to be purified of one's sin before one can be admitted to heaven?