Sacraments of Initiation

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Pope Francis administers confirmation during the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, April 4, 2015.

Baltimore Archdiocese lowers confirmation age ‘to deepen formation, reduce disaffiliation’

Mar 5, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Amid growing disaffiliation from the Church, Catholic leaders across the country are striving to better catechize young people by lowering... Read more

Maximiliano Pavillaux walks in the mud to reach the parish for confirmation on Nov. 11, 2023. / The child receives the recognition of Pope Francis from Bishop Mauricio Landra, the auxiliary bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina.

Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope

Dec 5, 2023

By Julieta Villar

The night before confirmation, the boy’s parents began to worry because the family vehicles were not going to make it... Read more

"What's the Eucharist?" Kent Shi, a 25-year-old Harvard graduate student, asked that question when he attended eucharistic adoration for the first time. The answer put him on a path to conversion.

Finding faith at Harvard: These 5 Easter conversion stories will make your day

Apr 16, 2022

By Joe Bukuras, Shannon Mullen

This year, 31 people — 17 of whom are students at Harvard — will enter the Catholic Church at a... Read more

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Pope Francis greets young people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on April 17, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis tells young people ‘learn how to listen’ in video published after death 

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin presides over the solemn Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2025, held in St. Peter’s Square, highlighting the need for the Church to follow in Pope Francis’ footsteps as “instruments of mercy for humanity” in the world today.

Divine Mercy Sunday: Pope Francis was an ‘instrument of mercy for humanity,’ Parolin says

Thousands of faithful gather for the Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday on the second day of mourning for Pope Francis at the Vatican, April 27, 2025. The Mass also fell on the day of the Jubilee of Teenagers.

LIVE UPDATES: More than 200,000 pilgrims attend Mass as Church enters second day of papal mourning

Judy Henderson spent 36 years in prison for a crime she did not commit. Now she works with Catholic Charities helping women, children, and families in need.

Wrongfully imprisoned 36 years, Missouri woman still advocates for incarcerated mothers

Carlo Acutis.

Carlo Acutis and the four popes

Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates the Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2025 — the second day of mourning for the late Pope Francis.

Second day of mourning for Pope Francis: Full text of homily by Cardinal Parolin

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) at the Divine Mercy Shrine in the Philippines.

Philippines makes history as first nation to consecrate itself to divine mercy

Original painting of the Divine Mercy by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934; Pope John Paul II in 1996.

Pope John Paul II declared Divine Mercy Sunday a feast 25 years ago

Cardinal John Dew speaking during a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand cardinal reflects on ‘beautiful’ Pope Francis funeral as cardinals prepare for conclave

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