Two new books — one for discerning the right spouse, another for deepening your marital vows — offer Catholics practical ...

Q. 587. What do we mean by the "matter and form" of the Sacraments? A. By the "matter" of the Sacraments we mean the visible things, such as water, oil, bread, wine, etc., used for the Sacraments.

You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his ...

1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful ...

For Christians, Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the days before Easter commemorating events in the last days of Jesus Christ’s life. The Scriptures say that on Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into ...

High Court denies divorce to husband who alleged wife has serious mental illness; Know why the divorce was denied by the ...

John Calvin is one of the most recognized names among the reformers, and for good reason. Calvinism is named after this ...

An abuse survivor says his experience shows a serial paedophile, who taught at Catholic schools, was abusing children for ...

DEVOUT believers join retreats every Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Black Saturday, commemorating our Lord's Last Supper, his ...

With European politics in disarray, Cromwell sees a chance to form a new alliance ... His face never changes. It doesn't matter-- you have only one task: to break up this alliance between the ...

The novus ordo has undergone further revision since its introduction. We are now in the third typical edition of the Roman Missal first promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 2002 with amendments in 2008 ...