What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232. "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19.] Before receiving the ...

89 For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit ... by the Catholic tradition as ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1542 Holy Orders differs from other sacraments as it has three separate stages. It can only be given by a man who has himself undertaken all three rites and has ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1604 Catholic Christians believe that God is present at the marriage ceremony and witnesses the promises made before him. The rings given at the marriage ceremony ...

Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are?

Together, O’Grady and Ryan adhered to the precepts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church which held that government institutions and programs must be designed “always with a view to the ...

The Catechism of the ... a statement from the Holy See said. By James Reynolds, BBC News, Rome The Catholic Church may base its faith on an unchanging Bible, but that does not stop the institution ...

Library Feasts of the Church Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha The Sundays of Great Lent Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross "The Lord said: 'If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny ...

On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast of the year, the miracle of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when he raised Lazarus from the dead after he had lain in ...

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

The student body is predominantly Catholic, but all faiths are welcome. The College of the Holy Cross is one of 10 schools in the Worcester Consortium. As such, Holy Cross students can take ...