Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
958 Communion with the dead. “In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and ‘because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins’ she offers her suffrages for them.”498 Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping them, but also of making their intercession for us effective.
  • PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
    • SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
      • CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
        • Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”
          • Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS


  • From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team


    Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2B.HTM