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Warning many ‘disappear from the parish’ after Confirmation, Pope Leo tells young people to ask for perserverance

Pope Leo XIV confirms a man he baptized during the Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2026. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has ...
UCA News

Pope Leo urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of perseverance, warning that too many young people "disappear ...
Newsday

As cardinal, Pope Leo XIV balanced the sacramental with the personal while confirming teenagers

SOAVE, Italy — The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a group of students at an international Catholic school in ...
catholicculture.org

Persevere in the practice of the faith, Pope Leo tells Confirmation candidates

Pope Leo XIV received Confirmation candidates from the Archdiocese of Genoa, Italy, this morning and exhorted them to persevere in the practice of the faith. “While conferring Confirmation is ...