Coming into the Catholic Church, you will observe that at the entrance of the church there’s a small vessel (called font) which contains water and everyone entering the church, dips his hands inside the water and make sign of the cross. When a Priest wants to start the mass, he at times sprinkles water on […]
Flowers are popularly being used by Catholics to decorate the church altars, sacred images, sanctuary and church premises. This practice has made both Catholics and non Catholics to ask this question “Why Catholics use flowers”. This article will give you detailed explanation about the flowers, why it’s used in the church, rules and regulations while […]
It’s obvious that one of the things used to recognize the Catholic Church is the candle especially the Votive or Paschal candles, once it’s seen on TV it’s very apparent that it’s about the Catholic Church. Getting into a Catholic Church, one of the things you will surely notice are candles which are lit on […]
The Vatican City (officially Vatican City state) is the smallest state in the world, located in Rome . It became independent from Italy in the year 1939 and has population of about 1000 people. It is the headquarters of the Catholic Church and houses the leader of the Catholic Church which is the Pope. The […]
Einleitung:Der Bereich des Christentums ist weitreichend und vielfältig und umfasst eine Fülle von Konfessionen, die Kernüberzeugungen teilen, aber in Fragen der Theologie, Liturgie und Tradition voneinander abweichen. Unter den prominenten christlichen Konfessionen stehen die Katholische Kirche und die Anglikanische Kirche als zwei herausragende Zweige da, jede mit ihrer eigenen reichen Geschichte, ihren Überzeugungen und Praktiken. […]
