Four of them were catechumens– unbaptized individuals who received all three sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and First Eucharist)-- and the other four were candidates who were already ...

Communion and confirmation season is upon us. It's that time in Irish family life when many prepare their homes and gardens for family parties as their children celebrate the sacraments of ...

Seven adult Catholics from Malta, Indonesia, Italy and Colombia, who for various reasons had not previously received the sacrament of Confirmation, recently received the sacrament during mass at ...

Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio sailed through his confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, all but assuring he will assume the role of top diplomat ...

Pope Francis addressed thousands of international pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but ...

urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but to use it as “the beginning of an active participation in the Church.” Continuing his ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem is how to ensure that the Sacrament of Confirmation is not reduced, in practice, to “last rites”, that is the Sacrament of “departure” from the Church, but ...

On May 25, they received the Sacrament of Confirmation in a ceremony held at St Patrick’s Catholic Church, La Rochelle, presided over by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale. The ceremony, inspired by the ...