Opus Dei

When Christ reaches out to us in his Church and lets us touch his mantle, the power that comes out of Him is his own holiness. He transforms us so that we may enjoy "the breadth and length and height and depth" of his heart. Ninth instalment of the "Combat, closeness, mission" series.

Confirmation is much more than a mere commitment. Like the other sacraments, it has much more to do with God's action in us than our response.

We need other people on the journey of life, and when we don't have enough company or support, we feel the pain of loneliness and find it harder to carry on.

All the sacraments make God present among us, but the Eucharist does so in a very special way.

Passwords let us in to a multitude of places every day, from phones to bank accounts to cars and houses. Similarly, Baptism opens the door to something great in our lives on earth and in Heaven.

Confirmation is one of the sacraments of the Catholic Church, but what exactly does it do in the Christian's soul, and who can receive it? We answer the most common questions about the sacrament of Confirmation.

Natasha, 17, and Viktoria, 18, made their First Holy Communion this year in Rome, but both of them discovered the Catholic faith in their native Kazakhstan.