Taking holy orders is a commitment for life both to God and to the Catholic Church, as the man is given certain powers, including passing on God’s forgiveness of sins. The following is a prayer ...

It seems most proper that the things necessary for the last Sacraments should be carefully kept in every Catholic ... Holy Orders. Q. 1002. How do we know that there is a true priesthood in the ...

Addressed specifically to "the superiors of religious orders, the legal representatives of church entities, pastors and the ...

by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts in persona Christi Capitis [in the person of Christ, the Head]” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church 1545, 1548). “And he took bread ...