sacrament
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The Vatican said on Thursday: "The sacred ministers of the Society of St Pius X administer the sacraments illicitly, while the sacrament of penance they administer and the marriages they witness are invalid."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He wanted to offer Holy Communion, the central sacrament of Roman Catholic faith, not only to the detainees inside the facility, but also to the federal agents stationed there.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
“Twelve Churches” is decidedly not a book about theology: It doesn’t describe debates about the Trinity or what constitutes a sacrament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He describes a large rustic loaf “held close to the heart,” sliced toward the body in a communal sacrament, representing an elemental and ancient loaf unsullied by ultra-processing or bleached flour.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
The Protestant confession was boldly different from the Catholic sacrament of Confession.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
It means a baptised follower is "out of communion" with the Church - meaning they cannot receive the sacraments, for example going to confession, or get married within the Roman Catholic Church.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
In Mr. Mian’s travelogue, we meet person after person who professes adherence to Russian Orthodox Christianity, but no one speaks of salvation, sacraments or even Jesus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
For the past 15 years, he’s been going on the road with circuses to preside over Mass, perform sacraments and provide pastoral care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
I had seen evil, and so I carried the evil within me, and the holy sacraments of confession and the holy eucharist were far away.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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