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'''3. What are the effects of Confirmation? '''

1. Confirmation increases sanctifying grace in us; 2. It gives us the Holy Ghost, to enable us to fight against evil and to grow in virtue; and 3. It imprints on us, as soldiers of Christ, a spiritual mark which can never be effaced.

'''4. Who has power to confirm? '''

The Bishops, as Successors of the Apostles, have power to confirm; in urgent cases, however, the Pope can delegate this power also to a Priest who is not a Bishop.

'''5. How does the Bishop give Confirmation? '''

He extends his hands over all those who are to be confirmed, and prays for them all in general, that the Holy Ghost may come down upon them; then he lays his hand upon each one in particular, and anoints him with holy chrism; and he concludes by giving to all in common the Episcopal Benediction.

'''6. How does the Bishop anoint those to be confirmed? '''

He makes the sign of the Cross with holy chrism upon