The Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, announced it would be lowering its confirmation age just days after the Diocese of Salt Lake City shared it would adjust its process for youth converts to ensure ...

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - With the traditional anointing of the chaplain's thumb, seven service members from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade received a long-awaited gift just days before Christmas. It was a gift ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hollywood actor and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf received the sacrament of confirmation on Sunday and was welcomed into the Catholic Church. LaBeouf, 37, whose journey to Catholicism was catalyzed by ...

The U.S. Senate begins confirmation hearings today for president-elect Donald Trump's nominations to his cabinet. This will be the first chance to assess how the Democrats will fight back against the ...

If the devoutly Catholic Amy Coney Barrett, nominated to the Supreme Court by President Trump, clears the Senate confirmation process as expected, there will be a Catholic supermajority on the court — ...

About Christian confirmation, a sacrament or rite of passage in which a baptised person strengthens their relationship with God and becomes a full member of the Christian community. Confirmation is a ...

In our final Faith Column on coming of age, we look at confirmation. Typically it happens at 15 or 1 By Andy Lewis When I teach about vocation at school, I often get asked by young students questions ...

Mark Wahlberg isn't taking any of the credit for his son Michael's Catholic confirmation. The actor, 50, posted a photo of his 16-year-old with his wife Rhea Durham on the day of the big event.