To mark Easter weekend, Le Monde traces the history of this symbol-laden ritual.

Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, president of the CBCP, leads the Chrism Mass at 8 am (Manila time) on Maundy Thursday, April ...

There are many paths to conversion. For most of these converts, it began last September when they filled out paperwork and ...

Chrism oil is used in the sacraments of confirmation, baptism, and holy orders as well as in the consecration of churches. Anointing with chrism signifies the full diffusion of grace.

Holy Thursday commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and the sacrament of the priesthood during the Last Supper. The Chrism Mass is a particularly important celebration, as it symbolizes the ...

Around 2,000 people gathered in Westminster Cathedral today (Tuesday 15 April) for the Chrism Mass celebrated by Cardinal ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that ...

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 ...

More than 180 priests from around the Diocese of Phoenix — the largest turnout in more than a decade — gathered with Bishop John Dolan, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Nevares and Bishop Emeritus Thomas ...