"The [seven] sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, ... Baptism [18] By which we are born into the new life in Christ . The fruits of this sacrament are: Remission of original sin.

Catechism of the Catholic ChurchSecond EditionPart TwoThe Celebration of the Christian Mystery Section TwoThe Seven Sacraments of the Church CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION ...

Regarding the questions posed at the beginning of the essay, the teachings and examples set by the Essene community had a ...

This year, the Archdiocese of S. Paul and Minneapolis began collecting information from its 185 parishes about the number of non-infant baptisms and non-infant receptions into the Catholic Church ...

Twenty-six young Catholics received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 7, in a solemn celebration led by Bishop Bernard Paul and concelebrated by Fr ...

Enniskerry (also Curtlestown & Glencree) Parish Office opening times: Monday to Friday: 10am to 1pm; email: ...

One big temptation for religious types when it comes to “Evolution,” is the belief that soul/spirit/the spiritual is also evolving (meaning, automatically becoming better and even transforming into ...

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

In the pursuit to know Jesus Christ as deeply as He knows us, the mathematical concept of reciprocals offers a meaningful metaphor. A number ‘X’ and its reciprocal ‘1/X’ multiply to equal 1. In the ...

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 ...

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

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