Currently, her ministry is one of presence at Providence Health Care at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Carole Ann entered ...

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, the nation's patronal church, has been named ...

KOCHI: Heads are rolling in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church as apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur flexes his muscle to stem diso ...

The New Testament accounts of the historical Jesus show that he was radical in his encounters with women and treated them ...

by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts in persona Christi Capitis [in the person of Christ, the Head]” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church 1545, 1548). “And he took bread ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the ... They have received the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders. The administration of this sacrament by them ...

A jubilee year, also known as a “holy year,” is a special year in ... Jubilee years have been held on regular intervals in the Catholic church since 1300, but they trace their roots to the ...

Parishioners of the Enchanted Mountain Catholic Community — which includes Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, St. John the Evangelist in North Olean and St. Bonaventure in Allegany — will ...

Set to coincide with the 2025 Jubilee Year, the ceremony involves the opening of five “Holy Doors” at ancient basilicas, with one “hypothetical” door at Italy’s Rebibbia prison. While the Catholic ...

(There is no sacrament of Holy Orders or ordinations for the female half of the Catholic Church.) Officials’ gross mistreatment of women is not from God, but from morally weak men –literally.

The Jubilee of Mercy had a special focus on encouraging Catholics to return to confession, but the sacrament is a key part of every ... the possibility of reserving a time to pass through the Holy ...