Q.1.
The current, elected Pope represents the Catholic Church worldwide; Pope Francis is a ground-breaker on several scores ... all except which ONE of the following?
Q.2.
Non-Catholics (particularly those with no active other faith either) might scoff at Catholic people regularly spending time together in a Church ~ the typical parish building ~ which is isolated / exclusive, solemn, ornate, old-fashioned and generally out of keeping with the supposed spirit of our times. Which of the following appears the weakest &/or most unlikely Catholic response to such a challenge?
Q.3.
Any current pope, in our age of internet and jet aeroplanes, can (and, health permitting, is expected to) travel the globe to rally the faithful and exert moral and diplomatic pressure. What is the official call sign of any aircraft conveying the Pope?
Q.4.
Which of the following would a Catholic not regard as broadly right and important? ONE of them is not so clearly a core belief as the others!
Q.5.
What emblem on the papal flag refers to the rights and duties Jesus declared Peter would have, along with his successors and followers?
Q.6.
The United States of America, as we know and love them, are a young nation made up mainly of immigrants (or the descendants of relatively recent immigrants; apart, of course, from the native peoples who were already there before such settlers arrived). Their history and development have been much influenced by WASPS ('White Anglo-Saxon Protestants') and Jews among others, and this quiz happens to be being drafted in the closing weeks of the Obama presidency, which of course has been a historic 'first' on ethnic grounds. In amid all this, who has thus far been the only Catholic PotUS?
Q.7.
ONE of the following (as usual) has a temporarily intentional mistake in it, but otherwise this represents a list of Jesus' own declared expectations of what His faithful should be alert and prepared to do for others. In which answer is the 'rogue' element?
Q.8.
At time of writing, the Rio Olympics and Paralympics glow in the recent collective memory. Obviously there are many fine images of the sportspeople doing and achieving their 'thing' ... but what iconic feature of the landscape loomed over the whole venue?
Q.9.
Wherever they are in the world, Catholics can depend on three principal pillars of their faith. As ever, we have snuck-in one element which should fairly clearly be somewhat less crucial or universal than the others: which ONE?
Q.10.
Churchgoing is clearly important for the cohesion and spiritual wellbeing of believers, but what else should Catholics be doing? ONE of the following (somewhat as usual) does not belong: which one?