It also strengthens and deepens the connection to the Church that is established at baptism. The sacrament of confirmation typically takes place in early teenage years, when a child starts to be ...

The sacrament of reconciliation is a sacrament ... and practice complete humility and fruitful satisfaction. (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1450) Forgiveness of sins brings reconciliation ...

CCC, 1536, 1591, 1598. It is bishops who confer the sacrament of Holy Orders in the three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and dia­conate. In the Latin Church, the sacrament of Holy Orders for ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...