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.

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore has decided to lower the age of confirmation to 9 in a move designed to increase family involvement in the formation of youth. For Lori, who has led the ...

VATICAN CITY – In his Wednesday audience, Pope Francis reflected on the sacrament of confirmation, explaining to Christians that this sacrament is intrinsically linked to their baptism and fortifies ...

Confirmation, like the adolescents it is often conferred upon, is in awkward transition, a moveable feast among the seven sacraments celebrated by the Catholic church. Differing experts say it should ...

Confirmation in the Catholic Diocese of Erie will no longer be a one-year-and-done foundation for faith, and it won't be limited to the classroom. The diocese not only is changing the timing for ...

Confirmation was held Saturday, June 8, at Our Lady of Victory Church, Harveys Lake. First row, from left, are Bo Voelker, Ella Barbacci, Autumn Palka, and Marc-Andrew Caron. Second row: The Rev.

A church of England Confirmation service, due to take place at Kingston Buci church in Shoreham by Sea had to find a new ...