When we baptize our children, we as their parents along with their godparents. Are promising to renounce Satan, and to believe in God and the Church on their behalf, and to commence their initiation and lead them into the light and grace of God and the Church. Just as our b...
Daily education in values which complements the teaching of the parents, the child’s primary educators Instruction grounded in the teachings of the Catholic Church and infused throughout the curriculum Age appropriate opportunities for students to practice their faith through service to others ...
“In America, racism is no longer a question. But rather, it’s the toxic water in which we all swim,” said Rob McCann, president and CEO of the Spokane-based nonprofit. “My Catholic Church and my Catholic Charities organization is racist.” ...
Have you ever witnessed a young child being carried out of church while having a meltdown and yelling, “No thank you! No thank you!” Or, on a more positive note, maybe you’ve been impressed by the polite behavior of the … Use the ‘Fortress and Communion’ Prayer to Heal Past Hu...
The Catholic Church is merely continuing the tradition established by the first Christians, who heeded the words of Christ: “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God” (Luke 18:16). NIHIL OBSTAT: I have concluded that the materials ...
No. Canon law provides that one godparent is sufficient but that there may be two, so long as there is one of each sex (canon 873,Code of Canon Law). There is no provision for more than two godparents. If the parents wish to honor another couple at the baptism, and that couple ar...
May the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God who joined together our first parents in paradise, strength and bless in Christ the consent you have declared before the Church, so that what God joins together, no one may put asunder.” ...
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Can My Jewish Relatives Be Godparents to My Catholic Baby?Laura Sheahen
Francis Pontificate: At the close of the recent “Synod on Synodality,” Germanhereticalbishop Georg Bätzing claimed the “overwhelming majorityof a world church has chosen” the sexual perversions he and many bishops (especially inGermany) have propagated. Of course, this is asserted gratuitousl...