The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... Athenagoras (177) in his "A Plea on Behalf of Christians" (a defense against paganism) emphasized that Christians consider ...

The cultures of the nations, even if pagan in origin, are converted and maintain whatever is good about them, being incorporated into the Catholic Church of Jesus Christ. The nations are not only ...

The Lamb of Christ, found on an altar at Saint Patrick’s Basilica, represents Jesus’s devotion to guiding and leading the Christian people to salvation. In Ancient Greek and Roman pagan traditions, ...

A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices ... formal blessings of the church are performed by bishops ...