Statistics for Roman Catholic Terminology

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Prayer of meditation, said while holding a chaplet of beads	Rosary	94%
The worship service that culminates in Holy Communion	Mass	93%
Temporary repose of those souls not yet worthy of Heaven	Purgatory	93%
High-ranked priest who helps choose the Pope	Cardinal	92%
Another word for Holy Communion	Eucharist	89%
A cross that depicts the Body of Christ	Crucifix	87%
The seven holiest rites of the Church	Sacraments	83%
A group of individual parishes, headed by a bishop	Diocese	81%
Expulsion of a sinner from participating in Holy Communion	Excommunication	74%
The changing of the bread and wine to the Body and Blood on the plate	Transubstantiation	69%
Reversal of a marriage (required for Catholics to re-marry)	Annulment	68%
Elevation by the Pope of a dead person to sainthood	Canonization	60%
The summary of the Church's teachings and beliefs	Catechism	54%
The verbal expression of the Church's beliefs	Creed	54%
The meeting in which the Pope is selected	Conclave	47%
When a priest is stripped of his clerical duties	Defrocking	42%
Evening prayer liturgy, at which no Holy Communion is given	Vespers	40%
An honorary title given by the Pope to certain parish priests	Monsignor	39%
Ambassador from the Vatican to another country	Apostolic Nuncio	33%
Official Church permission to publish a book	Imprimatur	19%