Tag: Sacraments

When children are baptised, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptising 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.

It helps nobody to judge and condemn Catholics who have stopped going to Mass. Instead we should pray for them, and call to mind Jesus’ parable of the sower, writes Philippa Martyr.

In 2000, around 8,900 Catholics were married by a priest, in a church. By 2021, it was down to around 3,300. These and other stats tell a story that might horrify you, but Philippa Martyr sees things differently...

While the debate about the best order of the reception of the sacraments of initiation may continue, we are invited to first and foremost consider our readiness for the graces they confer at any age, so that we might bear lasting fruit.

My nine-year-old was recently confirmed, the first in our family who has received both the “restored order of sacraments” and whole-family faith formation. As a way of emphasising that faith is a matter for our whole lives, it has serious strengths, writes Simcha Fisher.

When non-Catholics are scandalised by our God, church and sacraments, it’s a sign our faith still has spiritual power, Simcha Fisher writes

I understand that the Holy See has issued a new document in Italian on the validity of the sacraments. Is there anything new in it that we priests should be aware of in our pastoral ministry?

By Catherine phillips and Anna Harrison Young women today are being told that anything goes, there is no objective truth, do whatever makes you “happy.”...

I have just returned from world youth day as a bus chaplain for Sydney Catholic Schools. I have had the privilege of meeting an...

Without question, my favourite thing about my job is getting to work alongside the priests of the Archdiocese of Sydney and other dioceses. They...

I’m continuing to explore a group of around 700 young Australian Catholics who go to Mass. They are divided into two groups – the weekly massgoers, or “weeklies”, and the less regular massgoers, or “irregulars.”

The last of the annual Steubenville youth conferences is winding down. These are huge, popular, teen-oriented Catholic gatherings at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, here in the US.