America Magazine

Warning many ‘disappear from the parish’ after Confirmation, Pope Leo tells young people to ask for perserverance

Sometimes, when the bishop confers Confirmation—the gift of the Holy Spirit—you never see the young people again,” Pope Leo ...
Catholic Standard

St. John’s students receive sacraments at school, joined by classmates and teachers who guided them on their faith journeys

At the Gallagher Gymnasium where students at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C., cheer for their basketball ...
WOSU Public Media

Catholic Diocese of Columbus lowers age for children to get confirmation to 4th grade

The Catholic Diocese of Columbus will allow children to get the confirmation sacrament at a younger age as the diocese Bishop tried to address young people leaving the church. The Catholic Diocese of ...
National Catholic Register

Bishop Aquila: Confirmation Should Be Received Before First Communion

MUNDELEIN, Ill.(CNA) — Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, N.D., in a recent lecture, examined the sacrament of confirmation and explained his reasons for believing children should receive it before first ...
America Magazine

The grace of going through confirmation in college

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 ...