It also strengthens and deepens the connection to the Church that is established at baptism. The sacrament of confirmation typically takes place in early teenage years, when a child starts to be ...

CCC, 1536, 1591, 1598. It is bishops who confer the sacrament of Holy Orders in the three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and dia­conate. In the Latin Church, the sacrament of Holy Orders for ...

“Catechism of the Catholic Church,” 1114-1130). First and foremost, the sacraments are the sacraments of Christ. They are of Christ because he instituted all seven. In essence, the sacraments ...

Regardless of one’s faith, a slow read through this book confirms how the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, composed of the clergy and the laity. As the opening paragraph of Chapter 2 remarks, ...

Christmas and Easter traditionally are the holiest times of the year. Or at least they should be in family life. And it’s a ...

Jubilee, the tour of the Seven Churches: here's why it's called that ... the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments, the seven works of mercy. The practice, both for its symbolism ...

There is this common misconception among food writers that the Feast of the Seven Fishes is an American invention. Southern ...

There really is no wrong or right way to have the feast of seven ... sins and sacraments in the Bible and in Catholicism. It all stems from the sacraments of the Catholic church and cooking ...

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And ...

Good Roman Catholics live and die by seven sacraments, which they believe were ... Last week, however, the news service of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (U. S. hierarchical agency ...