It was a brilliant win for the Meath U20s, who defeated Dublin in a Leinster Championship game in Ashbourne. The Meath team ...

On Sunday, April 13, the Archdiocese of Newark will join the Universal Church as Catholics and other Christians enter the most sacred week of the year, beginning with Palm Sunday and culminating in ...

The Vatican has published the official calendar of liturgical celebrations planned for Holy Week, but it has not clarified ...

We ask this through Christ our Lord. 113 1300 The essential rite of the sacrament follows. In the Latin rite, "the sacrament of Confirmation is conferred through the anointing with chrism on the ...

The World Day of Prayer for Vocations is observed annually on the fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday.

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has said Pope Francis continues to rest after his return ...

The diocesan Day of Penance and Mercy and events of Holy Week and Triduum are opportunities to deepen relationships with ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, gently placed the holy Bible upon Twal's head, and in that sacred silence, his head was anointed with holy chrism, the glistening ...

Each year, these branches are burned down into a fine powder, often mixed with holy water or chrism oil to create ... of the ...

Two deacons then held a book of the gospel symbolizing the duty of a bishop and sacred chrism oil was poured on his head anointing him and signifying the sacred priesthood of Christ. Convocar was ...