The election of Pope Leo XIV earlier this month has — at least according to Google search data — has led to a renewed ...

The next step is to officially join OCIA, the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. (This process was previously, for a long time, called RCIA, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ...

The minister pours water the third time. It is desirable that should be one or two witnesses. If able to do this, an adult candidate is required to make a profession of faith, such as the Apostles ...

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The observance of a ritual associated with a religion does not necessarily mean the person converted to that religion, court ...

Animistic rituals from the past have been largely reinterpreted as thanksgiving to the Creator God in Sabah and Sarawak ...

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I admonished my college students to keep a daily journal, especially when they travelled. Putting my preaching into practice ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

converted to Catholicism in 2018 through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. He knew that Catholicism wasn’t much more accepting of homosexuality than the Southern Baptist environment ...