Half of adult Catholics are unaware of the church’s teaching that the eucharistic bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ.

When Ron and Kayren Ohnhaus began the process of becoming Catholic through the RCIA program at Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Bremerton, neither of them much liked the idea of the sacrament of reconciliation where a person confesses his or her sins directly to a priest. Here's how they learned to look forward to the sacrament.

Awaiting deployment, Army officer’s long wait for baptism is over

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By Kim Haub