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 ...

In 2025 the Archdiocese of Baltimore changed the confirmation age from between 14 and 16 to the age of 9. Can the move combat ...

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 ...

CLIFTON PARK >> Bishop Howard J. Hubbard performed his final Confirmation Mass Saturday as the tenured leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. The service was held at St. Edward the Confessor ...

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 - ...

Catholic schools want key preparations for sacraments such as Confirmation and Communion to take place outside the classroom, according to the findings of a survey by the Archdiocese of Dublin.

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 ...