Day 105: Christ's Church and its Mission

To believe that the Church is "holy" and "catholic," and that she is "one" and "apostolic" (as the Nicene Creed adds), is inseparable from belief in God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the Apostles' Creed we profess "one Holy Church" (Credo . . . Ecclesiam), and not to believe in the Church, so as not to confuse God with his works and to attribute clearly to God's goodness all the gifts he has bestowed on his Church. CCC 750

The Catechism speaks more about the Church and the mission it was given by Christ and the Holy Spirit. That is, by "proclaiming his Gospel to every creature." It is important to remember that "the Church has no other light than Christ's" and as the Body of Christ, "is like the moon, all its light reflected from the sun." As Fathers like St. Hippolytus says, the Church is "where the Spirit flourishes." This doesn't mean that each of it's sinful members here on earth, including Christ's vicar, will always do so perfectly. The Catechism Companion, Vol I notes:

Jesus promises to guide the Church into all truth, but we also recognize that, because of the brokenness of humanity, there is going to be darkness in our history The brokenness does not come from God. The Church "belongs to the Lord," and the members of the Church belong to the Lord in a unique, powerful, very real way. (p. 214)