Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

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

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 ...

Before her confirmation hearing even began, Barrett, a mother of seven, faced scrutiny and criticism over her Catholic faith and large family.

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 ...

Negative confirmation is a document that requests the recipient only respond if there is an issue or discrepancy with the contents in the letter.

Confirmation in the Catholic Diocese of Erie will no longer be a one-year-and-done foundation for faith, and it won't be limited to the classroom. The diocese not only is changing the timing for ...

1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful ...

‘I’m not a biologist,’ said Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson when asked at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing the meaning of ‘woman’ ...

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 ...