1232 The second Vatican Council restored for the Latin Church "the catechumenate for adults ... with Baptism followed immediately by Confirmation and the Eucharist, while in the Roman rite ...

Attitudes towards the centrality of the eucharist have changed over time, and vary in churches today, reports Madeleine ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic ... Baptism. 111 When adults are baptized, they immediately receive Confirmation and participate in the Eucharist. 112 1299 In the ...

This year, the Archdiocese of S. Paul and Minneapolis began collecting information from its 185 parishes about the number of ...

Carlo Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia. He has become enormously ...

As they prepare to arrive in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles June 20, the pilgrims are also praying for crowds protesting ...

I’m sitting at my desk looking at Procter and Frere’s A New History of the Book of Common Prayer, and thinking of our ...

Critical criteria for the future of the Roman Catholic community included potential for priests to work in "vibrant and healthy" environments and for parishioners to have their needs met ...

Over 28,000 people were baptized at hundreds of gatherings across the United States on Pentecost Sunday as part of a ...

Further reading: Adult baptism requests shake up the Catholic Church This evangelization, "unconsciously" and "unknowingly," takes place in the modesty of everyday life, one of the guarantees of ...

Among the ancient Hebrews, men were free to take several wives; married Greek and Roman men were free to ... Today's Big Question The pope rocked the Catholic world by giving the green light ...

Just to set the record straight, the simple truth is that it is not against Catholic doctrine for Protestants to receive Communion at Mass. 1. We believe that Baptism in the Protestant Churches ...