| − | [[File:Christ is King.jpg|thumbnail|280px|The Church teaches the doctrine of the [[Social Reign of Jesus Christ]].]] | + | [[File:Christ is King.jpg|thumbnail|280px|The Church teaches the doctrine of the [[Social Reign of Jesus Christ]].ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholic.net/op/articles/5433/the-doctrine-of-the-social-reign-of-christ-.html#:~:text=The%20principal%20doctrinal%20of%20the,Christ%2C%20Creator%2C%20and%20Savior.|title=The doctrine of the social reign of Christ - A still valid principle|quote=This doctrine belongs to the tradition of the Church and, as such, is also valid today and will always be|author=Stefano Fontana|publisher=Catholic.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html|title=QUAS PRIMAS|author=POPE PIUS XI|date=December 11, 1925|publisher=The [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]]|location=[[Vatican City]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.isje.org/cano/LuisCanoMedina-SanPIoXyelreinadosocialdeCristo.pdf|publisher=FACULTAD DE TEOLOGIA - PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SANTA CRUZ|title=San Pío X y el reinado social de Cristo|author=Luis Cano Medina|location=[[Rome]]|date=2003|language=es}}</ref>]] |
| | The Catholic Church stresses that since the members, living and dead, share in each other's merits, the [[Virgin Mary]] and other saints and the dead in Purgatory are never forgotten,<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ro/RomanCat.html The Columbia Encyclopedia]</ref> may be addressed in prayer, and intercede with God on the behalf of the living. The very physical and spiritual body and blood of Christ are believed to be present in the Eucharist, [[Transubstantiation|the bread and wine being Jesus himself]], replacing the material of bread and wine. The principal sources for the essential beliefs of the Catholic Church are the Sacred Scriptures (the Bible), Sacred Tradition, and the Living [[Magisterium]] of the Church. | | The Catholic Church stresses that since the members, living and dead, share in each other's merits, the [[Virgin Mary]] and other saints and the dead in Purgatory are never forgotten,<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ro/RomanCat.html The Columbia Encyclopedia]</ref> may be addressed in prayer, and intercede with God on the behalf of the living. The very physical and spiritual body and blood of Christ are believed to be present in the Eucharist, [[Transubstantiation|the bread and wine being Jesus himself]], replacing the material of bread and wine. The principal sources for the essential beliefs of the Catholic Church are the Sacred Scriptures (the Bible), Sacred Tradition, and the Living [[Magisterium]] of the Church. |