@article{CRSIJ26000161,
                  author = {Habila Katuka, Patrick Muke Sunday},
                  title = {The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) as A Process of Christian Initiation in The Catholic Church},
                  journal = {Cosmo Research and Science International Journal},
                  year = {2025},
                  volume = {1},
                  number = {6},
                  pages = {186-197},
                  issn = {3108-1584},
                  url = {https://cosmorsij.com/published/CRSIJ26000161.pdf},
                  abstract = {Today unlike before, more Christians are baptised shortly after birth as infants, but the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Eucharist are postponed for years later. This practice which is usual is how ever far from the ideal or normal. The norm as set out in the Rite of Christian initiation is that a person should receive all the three sacraments during the annual celebration of the Easter vigil, following a suitable period of formation known as the Catechumenate. The catechumenate as practiced today in the Rite for Christian Initiation of Adults is the only ordinary way through which an adult can become a Christian.  It is against the aforementioned background that this paper sets to evaluate the necessity of the RCIA in the Catholic Church. The paper also evaluates the various challenges of pastoral agents towards the teaching and smooth implementation of the RCIA in the church. Many Christians were initiated haphazardly and wrongly, and so it is no wonder that there is a lot of apathy, indifference and complacency among Christians in issues that pertain to the faith especially when this faith begs to be defended. These considerations indicate and demand for urgent rescue operation, because weak faith of the faithful cannot withstand the waves of modernism, globalization and the growing stronghold of Islam that sweeps across the world.},
                  keywords = {Catholic Church, Christian Initiation, Rite of Christian Initiation of adults},
                  month = {May}
        }