BooksBooks: Spiritual ClassicsConfessions (St Augustine), Summa Theologiae (St Thomas Aquinas), The Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis), Introduction to the Devout Life (St Francis de Sales), Story of a Soul (St Thérèse of Lisieux), and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. A good start for every Catholic: the four Gospels.Open · translate to any language
IconsIcons & Sacred ImagesSacred images help prayer without being worshipped. Well-known examples: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Divine Mercy image revealed to St Faustina, the Sacred Heart, and Andrei Rublev's Trinity icon.Open · translate to any language
SaintsSaints & BlessedsSaints are models and intercessors. Canonised in recent years include St John XXIII and St John Paul II (2014), St Teresa of Calcutta (2016), and St Carlo Acutis and St Pier Giorgio Frassati (7 September 2025), both young laymen. Their feast days are on the liturgical calendar.Open · translate to any language
Verified MiracleVerified MiraclesThe Church investigates alleged miracles carefully. At Lourdes (1858) the Medical Bureau and the Church have recognised 70 healings as miraculous. Marian apparitions such as Guadalupe (1531) and Fatima (1917) are approved as worthy of belief, though no Catholic is bound to believe them. Miracles are also required for beatification and canonisation.Open · translate to any language
Web LinksWeb LinksTrusted Catholic sites: vatican.va (official documents), vaticannews.va (news), kwi.or.id (Indonesian Bishops' Conference), hidupkatolik.com (Indonesian Catholic magazine), katolisitas.org (Indonesian apologetics and catechesis) and usccb.org (daily readings in English).Open · translate to any language