Church leaders in Dublin say Ireland’s increase in adult baptisms is a journey of accompaniment and catechesis.

To join an OCIA program, reach out to a local Catholic parish. If you have Catholic friends, they may be able to help you ...

St. Claire’s Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Messages for the St. Vincent de Paul should be sent to St.

How to deal with the increasing number of adults requesting baptism ... Now, she has joined an evangelical church,” the director laments. The Catholic Institute of Paris decided to tackle ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV earlier this month has — at least according to Google search data — has led to a renewed ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentine who moved to liberalize the Catholic Church ... more ideologically pure church — and took significant steps to build the institution ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching ... determined he abused minors as well as adults. Francis later passed church laws abolishing the use of pontifical ...

Practiced by all Churches, baptism is a fundamental ... Catholics celebrate adult baptisms annually on Easter. According to figures from the Catholic Church in France, 10,300 adults were expected ...

during which 19 adults were baptised into the Catholic Church. The ceremony formed part of the Easter Saturday liturgy, one of the most sacred celebrations in the Christian calendar. The new ...

It is a multi-step process by which adult candidates or catechumens typically join the Catholic Church. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, there are 977 people preparing to receive sacraments (400 ...

It was her son who first became interested in the Catholic ... Church to adults, called "catechumens," to prepare them to receive the sacraments of entry into the Christian life, including baptism.