Dominicans release catechetical work named Echoing the Mystery, a resource for those wishing to catechize and evangelize. Sister John Dominic Rasmussen, a foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, ...

Pope Francis on May 11 formally created a new official ministry in the Catholic Church for those who teach the fundamentals of the faith to children and others, opening the position to "men and women ...

In his apostolic letter this May creating the new ministry of catechist for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said he wanted to recognize those who teach the faith as having a "stable form of service ...

Encuentro representatives from the United States meet with German Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van-Elst, delegate for catechesis at the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, at the Vatican Sept ...

Among important 2021 anniversaries, the 400th anniversary of the death of St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), an Italian Jesuit, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of the catechists and ...

Pope Francis watches as a family carries offertory gifts to the altar during a Mass for catechists in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Sept. 29, 2013, file photo. In a document released May ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the publication of the Motu Proprio "Antiquum ministerium" (= AM) with which Pope Francis establishes the ministry of catechists, Agenzia Fides has ...

Filipino Catholics have hailed a Church move seeking sainthood for a laywoman who quit her job to become a volunteer catechist to serve people. In a circular posted on its official Facebook page, ...

A catechist gives a reflection on Scripture at the diocesan center in Abuja, Nigeria, in this Sept. 3, 2010, file photo. Pope Francis will issue a document May 11 instituting the formal “ministry of ...

POPE Leo XIV hands a crucifix to newly instituted catechists Rodina Anonuevo (left) and Charlita Tabigue during Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on September 28. Pope Leo XIV commissioned 39 ...