The sacraments are the only way—short of a miracle—that God’s grace are assured to us in the full and complete reality of whom we are as human beings. Father Joseph T. O'Callahan serves an injured ...

Last year, I wrote a column arguing that if priests and bishops refuse to stand up for the Sacrament of Matrimony, they will eventually grow reluctant to stand up for the other sacraments as well. I ...

This course provides a basic overview of sacramentality and the seven sacraments in the life of a twenty-first century Catholic. Against a backdrop of a sacramental life view and guided by text, this ...

A priest celebrates the sacraments not only " in persona Christi " — in the person of Christ — but also in " nomine Ecclesiae " — in the name of the church, it said, which is why he must follow ...

Pope Francis baptizes a baby during Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 7, 2024, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of ...