15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death ... in the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation. 1231 Where infant Baptism ...
Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...
The smallness of God in the Eucharist and in the manger is a scandal. The all-powerful One becomes so small that he can be ...
The bold design of the central altar, an unusual half-moon shape resting on its back, serves as a poignant symbol. Like us, despite the surrounding stone walls that appear eternal, it gives the ...
The Sign of the Coss serves as both a sign of belonging to the Christian community and a symbol of protection—an “armor” that, as Theodore of Antioch (350–428), Bishop of Mopsuestia ...