The mission and faculty ("the sacred power") to act in persona Christi. Configuration to Christ as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor. The imprinting, as in Baptism, of an indelible character that cannot ...

You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. — Micah 7:19 When satisfaction is given, the priest gives the confessor a task that should, in some way, make up for the sin they have ...

When we receive the sacraments, we swear to God to a life in ... has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). St. Paul goes on to say, “Therefore let us celebrate the feast . . .” (1 ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in its 2021 “Pastoral Letter on Stewardship” committed itself to the gradual abolition of the arancel system — the practice of collecting set ...

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And ...