| 001 | Does the Catholic Church view religious life as being important to it? |
| 001 | The official Church claims that Religious Life exists at its very heart and it “undeniably belongs to its life and holiness.” | Vatican Council II, "Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church," in The Documents of Vatican II, ed. W.M.Abbot, trans. J. Gallagher (London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1966), n. 44. |