COMMENTARY: The renewal of the Church begins at the altar — when we worship with awe, humility, and a heart open to mystery.

It was 5:30 pm on a typically moody Friday in Kumasi—the kind of day when the clouds gather for a union meeting with thunder ...

The essential elements of this sacrament are the anointing with oil blessed by the bishop and the prayer of the bishop or priest when the sacrament is administered. The prayer of blessing of the ...

Pope Leo XIV is not new to Kenya, and his most recent visit showed the love he has for the country. A few months later, he ...

His brother John, who had been buying anointing oil, sidled up ... the former president could build him a little prayer room instead. An earlier version of this article misidentified which ...

The controversial National Cathedral project, once envisioned as a grand structure to serve multiple purposes and enhance Ghana’s tourism sector, but now abandoned with little more than a large ...

and does not need anointing oil or miraculous qualities. He is a righteous, courageous, and decent leader. Before the Mashiach’s revelation, there is a phase called the “days of the Mashiach ...

1294 Anointing with oil has all these meanings in the sacramental ... Spirit.]." 114 In the Eastern Churches of Byzantine rite, after a prayer of epiclesis, the more significant parts of the ...

Amen," intoned the priest, Father Fran Kolaj as he welcomed 38 new Catholics -- aged from seven to 55 -- anointing their foreheads with holy oil ... prepare by learning prayers, rites and ...