A survey of the most recent theologizing about Confirmation - the Documents of Vatican II, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the 1983 Code of Canon Law, etc. - reveals that this is the ...

The Catholic Church recommends that children be baptized as soon as possible after birth. According to the Code of Canon Law (c. 867 §1), parents have the obligation to baptize their child within ...

Denver, Colo., Jun 3, 2019 / 18:00 pm. A confirmation program developed for parishes aims to call young people to deeper conversions, while teaching them the truths of the Catholic faith.

Confirmation in the Catholic Diocese of Erie will no longer be a one-year-and-done foundation for faith, ... "It might be, what does it mean to be a man or woman today, ...

The Archbishop of Baltimore has decided to lower the age of confirmation from the mid-teens to 9, a move designed to counter a trend of Catholic children leaving the church at younger and younger a… ...

From RTÉ Brainstorm, what the communion season tells us about Irish society. While the Catholic Church consistently emphasises the need for informed and freely given consent, it could be argued ...

Bishop Earl Fernandes announced June 26 that the diocese of Columbus will be lowering its age of confirmation to the fourth ...

National Catholic Reporter senior correspondent John Allen talks about the message Pope Francis sent in naming Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington to the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, and in ...

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - With the traditional anointing of the chaplain's thumb, seven service members from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade received a long-awaited gift just days before Christmas.