In the Catholic Church, communicatio in sacris ("communion in sacred [things]"; also translated as "worship in common": n.8 ), also called communicatio...

for the giving of the Eucharist to other Christians (communicatio in sacris) are summarized in canon 844 of the Latin Church's 1983 Code of Canon Law...

present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy, generally known as the Mass. The definition of the Eucharist in the 1983...

(sainthood) of a candidate in to uncover any character flaws or misrepresentation of the evidence favoring canonization". In common language, the phrase...

completion of the novitiate in a Catholic religious institute. It is solemn insofar as the Church recognizes it as such. Any vow in Catholic religious life...

after Simon Magus, who is described in the Acts of the Apostles as having offered two disciples of Jesus payment in exchange for their empowering him to...

In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the loss of clerical state (commonly referred to as laicization, dismissal, defrocking, and degradation) is the...

adopted for their male members a lifestyle of poverty, traveling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelization, and ministry, especially...

considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place. In legal terminology, an annulment makes a void marriage or a voidable marriage...

In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and...