A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was given funds by the Indian National Congress.
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults -LRB- RCIA -RRB- , or Ordo Initiationis Christianae Adultorum -LRB- OICA -RRB- is a process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of infant baptism .. Catholic Church. Catholic Church. converts. religious conversion. infant baptism. infant baptism. Candidates are gradually introduced to aspects of Catholic beliefs and practices .. The basic process applies to adults and older children , with younger children initiated through an adapted version sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Children -LRB- RCIC -RRB- .. Note that this article has been written primarily to describe the Rite as established in the United States ; it will not necessarily reflect the details of the Rite as developed by other Bishops ' Conferences , for instance in England and Wales , in Australia or in Scotland .