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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The Blessing of Holy Oils, Chrism Mass, and priest day was observed at Milagres Cathedral, Kallianpur, under the Udupi diocese on Thursday, April 10. The Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, bishop of Udupi diocese, ...