Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.: Random Catholic Facts: ->>
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- Priests could be married until 1122 AD.
- Peter got so drunk off the Holy Spirit on Pentecost that’s held he baptized 3,000 people that day.
- Candles must always be lit in order to have mass on the altar, and are made out of beeswax because bees are pure.
- Confessionals were introduced in 1565, although the sacrament goes farther back to the time of the apostles.
- Infant Baptism was instituted as a doctrine in the Middle Ages when the death rate of newborns was incredibly high.
- As of 2005, there were 1,400 Catholic Charities in the United States serving 18 million people annually. There are more than 600 hospitals and 300 long term care facilities.
- Beliefs handed down from God are called dogmas while beliefs formed by the Church through prayer are doctrines
BOOM. Knowledge for the day.
