In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, not having access to the sacrament (our Sunday communion of bread and water) is generally a punishment. It means you’ve done something that is ...

Confirmation has sometimes been called a sacrament in search of a theology. That’s because many Catholics wonder, “What exactly are we doing this for?” and celebrate it (if at all) mostly because, ...

Recently, well meaning Episcopal clergy and lay leaders have been urging the church to “extend the sacrament of marriage” to lesbian and gay Episcopalians, moving beyond the blessing of same-sex ...

This may have been the first time you’ve heard the claim in the title of this article, but in making that claim, I’m standing on some broad Catholic shoulders. Pope St. John Paul II wrote, “The ...

Most Catholics are probably unaware that what we today call the Sacrament of Reconciliation existed in a completely different form during the early Christian era. Even those who are aware of this fact ...