FARGO, N.D. — In the largely rural Diocese of Fargo, N.D., Father Paul Duchschere will soon be one among many priests helping to prepare children for a sacrament commonly reserved for later in life.

Over 100 young people from the parishes of St. John’s in Westminster, Md., and St. Joseph’s in Taneytown were confirmed on Dec. 2, 2025, by Bishop Adam Parker. Credit: Rosalyn Thackston On a cold ...

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 Archbishop Lori, who has led ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem is how to ensure that the Sacrament of Confirmation is not reduced, in practice, to “last rites”, that is the Sacrament of “departure” from the Church, but ...

Confirmation takes place at a later stage in life, often as a teenager. It is seen as a personal commitment to the faith that the baby was baptised into many years before. Infant baptism means that ...

The Most Reverend Bishop David Toups visited Jasper on Monday evening and participated in the Rite of Confirmation at St.