In the Old Testament, the Father sent forth a special anointing of the Holy Spirit on particular people to help them fulfill a special mission. This can be seen in relation to priests, prophets and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man tends to his newborn during a celebration of the sacrament of confirmation at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston June 5, 2022, the feast of Pentecost. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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.