15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol ... with Baptism followed immediately by Confirmation and the Eucharist, while in the Roman rite ...

Precious condiment and essential to life, salt is a symbol that can signify just as much a curse as a means of protection, ...

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 ...

These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus puts on the humility of service, and the need for cleansing with water, a symbol of baptism.

Born in Roman Britain, after being kidnapped and sold ... Patrick was reportedly responsible for the conversion and baptism of thousands of people in Ireland. He ordained priests, established ...

Over two weekends, March 9 and March 16, The Roman Catholic ... communion with the Catholic Church. Catechumens — those who have never been baptized — formally declare their intention to receive the ...

The International Theological Commission publishes “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour: 1700th Anniversary of the Ecumenical ...

This was at a time throughout the Catholic world when liturgical formation ... the Archbishop suggested ways to make the symbol or ritual action a stronger sign of the sacred.

Explore the Lenten symbols at St. Anne Church in North Little Rock, each representing a moment in Jesus' journey, as prepared ...

Twenty Catholic and evangelical Protestant scholars have issued a joint statement on where both traditions are unified and ...