Roman Catholic teaching holds that there are
seven sacraments which
Christ instituted and entrusted to the Church.
Sacraments are visible rituals that Catholics see as signs of God's presence and effective channels of God's grace to all those who receive them with the proper disposition. The sevenfold list of sacraments is often organized into those of: initiation (into the Church, the body of Christ), that is,
Baptism,
Confirmation, and the
Eucharist; healing sacraments, that is,
Penance and the
Anointing of the Sick; and sacraments of service:
Holy Orders and
Matrimony.