This week on social media, Elder David A. Bednar spoke on developing “clean hands” and a “pure heart,” Elder Quentin L. Cook ...

This is the full text of the "Urbi et Orbi" blessing given by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after his election May 8, 2025.

Meaghan Shields grew up poor in a “Catholic bubble.” The help I received didn’t feel like pity or charity, she writes. It ...

“For many, many months, adults have been preparing for baptism, confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist, which takes place on this night. Already-baptized Christians receive the sacraments ...

Beyond the rites, this day becomes a profound catechesis on the passion, baptism and the centrality of the Eucharist as a bond of unity. A reflection to enter the Easter Triduum with the eyes and ...

For me that was a story I’d read last year about a surge in people becoming Catholic in France, especially young adults ... receiving the sacrament of baptism – will top 10,000 this Easter.

The number of adults preparing for their baptism in the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium continues to soar. The number of catechumens stands at 536 this year says the Belgian Bishops' Conference. That ...

“Sometimes, we have to do research to find traces of their baptism. They prepare to receive the sacrament of confirmation at Pentecost.” In France, 9,000 adults were confirmed in 2024, more than ...

The annual study, conducted from Jan. 2-21, collected responses from 2,656 adults within all 50 states and the District of Columbia via a 19-minute questionnaire. The study defines Bible users as ...

The data included in the report is based on responses collected from 1,264 U.S. adults. The main takeaway from the report is that, “A broader ‘assassination culture’ appears to be emerging within ...

Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel attracts young people and adults seeking baptism in Malaysia ... while the faithful united in prayer. In Kajang, in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, the rite ...