More than 180 priests from around the Diocese of Phoenix — the largest turnout in more than a decade — gathered with Bishop John Dolan, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Nevares and Bishop Emeritus Thomas ...

Taking holy orders is a commitment for life both to God and to the Catholic Church, as the man is given certain powers, including passing on God’s forgiveness of sins. The following is a prayer ...

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 ...

is a Catholic belief that the bread and the wine become the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. Children prepare for their First Holy Communion in school but the sacrament takes place in church and ...

The Holy Chrism Mass and Priesthood Day 2025 organised by the Diocese of Kohima at St Joseph Catholic Church, Viswema on ...