Comparison of Catholic and Shiite Religious Practices from the Perspective of Moral Education

"Moral education" is one of the most important issues for human perfection and ultimate happiness. Therefore, all religions and denominations have paid a special attention to this topic, especially by defining religious rituals for their followers. The question of this article is to examine the similarities and differences between Catholic and Shiite religious practices in terms of their moral education. In order to answer this question, using descriptive-analytical method and using Catholic and Shia religious sources as well as the works of some researchers, I have investigated and analyzed the Catholic and Shiite religious rites in terms of moral education and their similarities and differences. Therefore, I have studied the four rites of "Baptism", "Confession", "Marriage" and "Holy Communion" from the Catholic religion and the four rites of "Martyrdom", "Repentance", "Marriage" and "Prayer" from the Shia religion. I found many educational similarities between these rituals, but there are also many differences as well. Shia religious rites have a significant superiority in terms of moral education, and having all the positive aspects of Catholic moral education, it lacks their weak points.