National Catholic Register

Gallup Diocese Moves to ‘Restored Order’ of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist

Gallup, N.M. — Bishop James Wall of the Diocese of Gallup has announced in a pastoral letter the restoration of the order of the sacraments of initiation in his diocesan territory, making it the 13th ...
Columbus Dispatch

The Columbus diocese just changed when Catholic kids can get confirmed. Here's why

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 ...
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 ...
National Catholic Register

Of Confirmation, Avignon, and Holy Hindsight

It is like when you throw a stone into a pool and the concentric waves spread out further and further. Who knows where it will end? —C.S. Lewis Confirmation is such a lost sacrament, isn’t it? We try ...
The Guardian

Shia LaBeouf mulls plan to become deacon after Catholic confirmation

Actor, 37, received sacrament on New Year’s Eve and Capuchin friar Alexander Rodriguez says he wishes to be a deacon ‘in the future’ The Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf is seeking to becoming a Catholic ...