Across
- 2. a concentrated successor to the Apostles
- 5. laws that we as Catholics are called to follow to help us grow in holiness with God
- 8. the office of the Pope
- 11. a Bishop or Archbishop who has been selected by a Pope to become part of the College of Cardinals
- 14. the symbol or formula of the Catholic faith
- 16. the obligation of the faithful to accept and believe in the authoritative teachings of the Magisterium
- 17. the name given to the ordinary and universal teaching authority of the Pope and the Bishops
- 18. the definitive list of the books of the Bible
- 19. a bishop of the highest rank
- 20. the truth that the Catholic bishops today can trace their authority in a direct line back to the Apostles
- 22. the teaching office of all the bishops gathered with the Pope
- 23. the faithful of the Church who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders
- 24. a state of final purification after death and before entrance into Heaven for those who died in God's friendship but owe reparation for their sins
- 25. through this non-Christians are saved and brought to the Church
Down
- 1. a gathering of the world's cardinals in Saint Peter's Basilica to elect a new Pope
- 3. one of the tribe of Levi, a member of the presbyters
- 4. a man who is ordained to assist the mission of the Church
- 6. the mission given to the Apostles by Christ to preach the Gospel to the whole world and make converts of every nation
- 7. refers to the Catholic Church because she is the sign and the instrument of the communion of God and men
- 9. the territory and the churches under a Bishop's authority
- 10. sacrament by which men are ordained to the episcopacy
- 12. successor of Saint Peter, Bishop of Rome, supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church
- 13. a meeting of Church leaders
- 15. a defined territorial district within a diocese
- 21. the office of priest in the Catholic Church