Confirmation

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — 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 …

While the Latin (a.k.a. “Roman”) Catholic Church normally envisions a bishop administering confirmation, there are some scenarios where a priest is able to celebrate this sacrament.

Some “stones” weigh heavily on the human heart, “such as mistrust, fear, selfishness and resentment. … Let us not allow ourselves to be paralyzed by them!”

Through baptism and confirmation, the faithful are “more perfectly bound to the Church” and endowed “with special strength” by the Holy Spirit, the pope said.

The Archdiocese of Louisville has issued a new set of guidelines to help parishes and families navigate the preparation and celebration of the sacraments of baptism, penance, first Communion and …