The mission and faculty ("the sacred power") to act in persona Christi. Configuration to Christ as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor. The imprinting, as in Baptism, of an indelible character that cannot ...

The Church, however, can institute the ceremonies to be used in administering or giving the Sacraments. Q. 579. How do we know there are seven Sacraments and no more or less? A. We know there are ...

The first conclave to elect a North American pope was also the first to choose a native English speaker since the ...

A recording of a debate about Jesus’ presence in the elements of the Lord’s Supper has inspired a new round of discussion ...

Saint Simon Stock: Five Things to Know about Carmelite Saint of the Brown Scapular – Patrick O'Hearn at Catholic Link ...

Archbishop of Toronto Cardinal Francis Leo called on the faithful to honor the most Sacred Heart of Jesus throughout the month of June rather than “using symbols that are contrary to God’s divine ...

It is not important to be perfect, but it is necessary to be credible,” the pope said in his homily at the Mass in St.

J. P. Grayland, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North (New Zealand), currently visiting professor at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The relative lack of critical theological ...

Father Mark White, banned Monday from his duties as priest in Martinsville and Rocky Mount, now no longer can go onto the property of each of those churches – which includes his personal living ...

(Reuters) -At least seven people were killed and 30 hospitalised after “illegal interference” caused a bridge to collapse and a train to derail in Russia’s Bryansk region that borders Ukraine, Russian ...