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Liturgy and Catechesis in the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Authored by Dr. Petroc Willey in Issue #32.4 of The Sower
The aim in this article is to present and discuss what the Catechism of the Catholic Church and other key magisterial documents say about the relationship between liturgy and catechesis.[i] It is not concerned with the general teaching in the Catechism on either liturgy or catechesis. Rather, it focuses on the relationship between them.

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