These rites include the Mozarabic rite from Spain, the Ambrosian rite from Milan, Italy, named after St. Ambrose (340-397), the Bragan rite from Portugal, and the order liturgies of the Dominican ...

In addition to the marriage ceremony, a Sikh marriage involves several preliminary rituals during previous weeks. For example, at the bride's parents' home, people may gather for several evenings ...

Every year, thousands of seven- and eight-year-olds across the UK take their First Holy Communion, an important rite of ...

and signals their commitment to the Catholic faith. As My First Communion highlights, it can be both an exciting and daunting rite of passage, when the children accept wafers and wine representing ...