What is the appropriate age for Catholic children baptized in infancy to celebrate confirmation? It might seem a relatively minor issue. Yet I believe the great efforts the U.S. Catholic Church has ...
FARGO, N.D. — In the largely rural Diocese of Fargo, N.D., Father Paul Duchschere will soon be one among many priests helping to prepare children for a sacrament commonly reserved for later in life.
DENVER — The age of confirmation in the Archdiocese of Denver is being lowered to third-graders. The move is part of a restoration by Archbishop Samuel Aquila of the traditional sacramental order that ...
About Christian confirmation, a sacrament or rite of passage in which a baptised person strengthens their relationship with God and becomes a full member of the Christian community. Confirmation is a ...
The Diocese of Columbus will lower the age of confirmation to fourth grade (ages 9 and 10). Bishop Earl Fernandes cited increasing secularization and challenges to faith as reasons for the change. The ...
Tucuman (Agenzia Fides) - "Lord, May Your Promise Come True in Us" is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by Archbishop Luis H. Villalba of Tucuman archdiocese in Argentina focussed on the Sacrament ...
Baptism is the first sacrament that initiates one into the Catholic family and before it, one is not considered a Christian in the Catholic Church. There are four sacraments in the Anglican Church - ...
In a move apparently intended to keep more young people involved with their faith; Most Rev. J. Douglas Deshotel, Catholic bishop of Lafayette, has decreed that Catholics in the diocese — which ...
A Michigan Catholic diocese has told its church leaders to deny baptism, confirmation, and other sacraments to LGBTQ+ people unless they have “repented.” The now-viral guidance was shared on social ...