Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

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 ...

It seems most proper that the things necessary for the last Sacraments should be carefully kept in every Catholic ... Holy Orders. Q. 1002. How do we know that there is a true priesthood in the ...

Rivarol Voltaire of Saint Simon Stock Parish, Berlin, left, joins John Rosado of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Parish, ...

While you might hope to glimpse your great-great-grandfather’s baptismal certificate, the confirmation record of a distant cousin or the sacramental marriage certificate of your long-forgotten ...

In the District, crowds have been gathering at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...