Quizmaniacs,
   As we enter into the Lenten season, I hope you don’t consider this quiz your form of penance. Though it could definitely meet the Lenten requirement of good works if you share it with a friend!

1. Clergy

Which of the following is not one of the three ranks of cardinals?

a) Cardinal deacons

b) Cardinal priests

c) Cardinal vicars

d) Cardinal bishops

2. Blessed Marianne

The Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse (Blessed Marianne’s congregation) changed their name in 2004 when they merged with several other Franciscan women’s congregations. What is the new name?

a) Franciscan Sisters of Mercy

b) Sisters of St. Francis of Blessed Marianne

c) Franciscan Sisters of Philadelphia

d) Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities

3. Lent

Starting at what age are Catholics “bound by the law of abstinence from meat” during Lent?

a) 14

b) 18

c) 16

d) 10

4. Vatican

Who appointed Bishop Larry Silva as Bishop of Honolulu?

a) Archbishop Pietro Sambi, papal nuncio

b) Pope Benedict XVI

c) Cardinal Roger Mahony

d) Pope John Paul II

5. Mary

When was the Immaculate Conception defined as dogma? Hint: That dogma was decreed by Pope Pius IX as “in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin.”

a) 1854

b) the 15th century

c) 1091

d) 1620

6. Lent

In 2006, when the rare occurrence of a particular holiday falling on a Friday during Lent took place, Bishop Silva and many other U.S. bishops issued a one-day reprieve that allowed the eating of meat in recognition of the special day. What holiday was that?

a) Valentine’s Day

b) President’s Day

c) Chinese New Year

d) St. Patrick’s Day