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 ...

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of perseverance, warning that too many young people "disappear from ...

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston anoints the head of a confirmation candidate at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston June 5, 2022, during a celebration of the sacrament of ...

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore welcomes his fellow bishops to opening Mass of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' the fall plenary assembly Nov. 11, 2024, at the Basilica of the National ...

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 ages ...