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Quick Questions Should we hold our hands up while praying at Mass?
Quick Questions Can non-Catholics participate in the gestures at Mass?
Magazine Articles Extraordinary Form 101
Quick Questions Did the early Church move the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?
Quick Questions Was our RCIA director right to say that making the sign of the cross after Communion is improper?
Quick Questions Where does the "Holy, holy, holy" prayer come from?
Video Why is the Mass Changing?
Quick Questions What's the significance of the crossing of the forehead, lips, and heart before the Gospel reading?
Quick Questions Why do some Catholics kiss their thumb after making the sign of the cross?
Video What is the "Extraordinary Form" of the Mass?
Video How can we offer sacrifices at Mass?
Quick Questions Should I bow to the altar or genuflect to the tabernacle?
Video Can You Kneel for Communion?
Video Why Do Some People Oppose the New Translation of the Mass?
Video What is the "GIRM" and Why is it Important?
Quick Questions Is the tabernacle always supposed to be in the center of the sanctuary?
Quick Questions Why shouldn't we applaud the choir at the end of Mass?
Quick Questions Are eulogies proper for funerals?
Quick Questions In our parish, during the Lord’s Prayer, we hold hands. I have heard that this is not an acceptable practice. Can you please tell me what is and where I can find answers to similar questions?
Quick Questions Should we stand or kneel at Mass?

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"Between heresy and schism there is this difference, that heresy perverts dogma, while schism, by rebellion against the bishop, separates from the Church. Nevertheless there is no schism which does not trump up a heresy to justify its departure from the Church."

~ St. Jerome, (In Ep. ad Tit., iii, 10), remarking on how practically and historically, heresy and schism nearly always go hand in hand.