Pope Leo XIV reminds young catechumens and neophytes that we are not born Christians but become so through baptism, at which ...

Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of ...

1106. "Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist:  You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the ...

Contrary to popular belief, the sacred Shroud of Turin was not used to cover Jesus’ post-crucifixion and was actually a recreation created by artists, per a study published in the journal Archaeometry ...

This controversy moved the early church to make a dramatic change in Eucharistic practice by moving the celebration out of ...

The wardrobe in their bedroom, just past the kitchen and always a little dark, exhaled the scent of warm wood and old drawers ...

From courtroom prodigy to founder of the Redemptorists, St. Alphonsus bore spiritual and physical trials with unwavering ...

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was ...

This article studies the meaning baptism had for Jesuits and Canadian Montagnais. It outlines changing Jesuit policy for baptizing Native Americans; weighs the economic, political, medical, and social ...