It is called gift because it is conferred on those ... and with good reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church." 81 "Baptism therefore constitutes the sacramental ...

The season of Lent for Western Catholics began on Ash Wednesday, March 5; for Eastern Rite Catholics, Lent began on Clean ...

As the United States faces moral and political turmoil, the Catholic Church’s response is increasingly scrutinized. Are its ...

Low attendance and costly upkeep of the 94-year-old "beautiful but aging building” at 38 N. Austin Blvd. were cited as ...

COMMENTARY: The coming of Lent suggests that the gift of one’s memory to God involves the constant purification of memory ...

Roman Catholics connect salvation to participation in church sacraments such as baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist.

What a beautiful gift! He also says to us ... Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church” #1285). Like the other sacraments ...

The Christian world today begins a 40-day period of praying, fasting, arms-giving and self-denial with Ash Wednesday. This ...

I was appreciative that the director had arranged a lectern for me; it enabled me to hide the pages of the ceremony and more ...

The Season of Lent is a sacred time of forty days in which the Church calls every Christian to embark on a spiritual journey of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a time of penance and preparation ...

The last deaconess of the Armenian Church was Hripsime Sasunian, who died in 2007. A decade after her death, in 2017, ...