What are the Catholic Sacraments of Initiation?
If you’re a member of an organization, you may have had to go through certain initiation rites. These are rituals that help you learn about…
sacrament of confirmation
Sacraments 101: Confirmation (why we’re confirmed)
Why do I have to get confirmed if I’m already baptized? How do I choose a sponsor as I prepare for confirmation? Why do I…
100 words (give or take) on… Confirmation
While Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation, confirmation imparts what the name implies: it “confirms” baptismal promises and calls believers into living a bolder…
Faithful Departed—Paul Scofield
During the nearly sixty years he graced stage and screen, Paul Scofield was a man who had little use for self-justification, and even less use…
If a baptized Protestant coverts to Catholicism, must they be rebaptized?
The Catholic Church recognizes the validity of other Christian baptisms if they involve water by immersion, pouring or sprinkling, and if they are done “in…
