They are a powerful way to step into some of the most significant moments in human history and encounter Jesus like never before. One of the most impactful times to pray the Stations of the Cross is during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday. For over 1000 years, Catholics have been ...
Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a rev
Hottovy notes that all of the parishes with which he’s worked are very active in social outreach, and that Catholics often forget that we are a people not of either or, but of both and.“The Church has always been responsive and caring for the poor,” he says. “That does not ...
The Christian season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 40 days before Easter (not counting Sundays).In 2025, Ash Wednesday is March 5.Many Christians attend church services on Ash Wednesday to receive ashes on their foreheads in the sign of the cross. (Ashes are a symbol of penance in the...
he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack ...
The prosperity gospel is tricky to pin down. That's because unlike other Christians likeCatholicsor mainlineProtestants, prosperity churches are independent and largely unaffiliated with any ecclesiastical organization. They don't share a common creed or statement of beliefs. Each prosperity preacher deve...
How do you know when the space is clean? You’ll notice that the area looks or feels cleaner, lighter, and more expansive (even if it’s just a small nook!). Step 3. Begin to gather objects that are meaningful to you When it comes to building an altar, there really are no rules...
, that’s something I used to say Catholics teach, because that’s what my Baptist pastor taught me, and that’s what my Pentecostal friends taught, but when I actually learned what the Catholic Church teaches, no, we believe Jesus Christ died once for all, 2000 years ago on the cross...
We also recommend that Catholics pray 15 decades of the Rosary each day and the Hail Mary frequently. The Steps to Convert to the Traditional Catholic Faith; The Steps for those leaving the New Mass Sign up for our free e-mail list to see future vaticancatholic.com videos and articles. ...
Of course, this is a ridiculous distortion of the Evangelical view, but the extended analogy may help Protestants understand how Catholics feel when Protestants make similarly inaccurate charges about the Catholic devotion to Mary. In the face of such charges Catholics reply, “Are you serious?