The mission and faculty ("the sacred power") to act in persona Christi. Configuration to Christ as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor. The imprinting, as in Baptism, of an indelible character that cannot ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1542 Holy Orders differs from other sacraments as it has three separate stages. It can only be given by a man who has himself undertaken all three rites and has ...

God who created man out of love also calls him to love the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being. — Catechism of the Catholic Church 1604 Catholic Christians believe that God is ...