What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232. "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19.] Before receiving the ...

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) has been renamed to the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA).

Since the book’s launch, Groome has been contacted by educators from Canada to Australia who are interested in getting What Makes Education Catholic into the hands of Catholic school teachers and ...

Have you ever heard the term Vincentian? A food pantry or thrift store helper may come to mind, yet, I am a Vincentian, and ...

In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick’s Day is Sheelah’s Day, in commemoration of the woman who many believe to ...

Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...

I assumed the Catholic Church had retrograde views about women. Providential encounters with Catholics drew me back to church, and before my senior year, I was reading the Catechism with the local ...

Like Vance, I believe all life is sacred — although his support for the death penalty makes me wonder if we mean the same thing (Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2267). Unlike Vance ...

The Catholic ... Church’s position on Valtorta’s works. In 2021, the French Bishops’ Conference issued a warning about the growing influence of “Valtortists,” raising concerns over book ...