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 ...

Next week begins the Week called Holy, with Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord on April 13 and concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20. Toward the end ...

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 ...

By Vanitha Nadaraj It was the teachings of Thomas Aquinas on suffering that made an Anglican explore and eventually embrace Catholicism. Fung Yiyan came across Acquinas’ teachings when researching the ...

As of Ash Wednesday, RCIA, or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is now officially called OCIA ... “The first major (revision) was in 2011, which was for the Roman Missal — the book that the ...

We also prepare individuals for adult baptism, eucharist ... We are - from the left: Fr Peter Sexton SJ (Roman Catholic), Brian Hickey (Methodist), Fr Alan O'Sullivan OP (Roman Catholic) and Rev Paul ...

Yet, in both Christianity and Buddhism, the body of the founder emerged, centuries after their death, as the privileged focus ...

At least 30 people are expected to join the Catholic Church during the upcoming Easter Vigil in a parish in China's Beijing ...

READING — Central York boys’ basketball coach Jeff Hoke felt good about his team heading into Wednesday’s second-round clash with District 12 power Roman Catholic in the PIAA Class 6A ...

At Station 10, a gathering space above A-Side Public House in St. Paul, young adults in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gathered to hear Edward Sri, a theologian, author and Catholic ...