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 ...

Last fall my 17-year-old niece asked me to be her confirmation sponsor. And when I traveled to Wisconsin for the ceremony this spring, I noticed that she seemed to be having some anxiety about it all.

An Argentine boy recently made the special effort to walk 11 kilometers (about seven miles) on muddy roads to receive the sacrament of confirmation, and the news reached Pope Francis, who sent him a ...