I am grateful to God for his call and for the response of so many people. Our church – our family – is growing immensely, and ...

Some 1,000 people are learning about the Catholic faith and are expected to be baptized at the Easter Vigil next month in the ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy blesses more than 800 catechumens, candidates, godparents, sponsors, and family members catechumens and candidates who attended the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call ...

With Easter being one of the most significant periods in the Catholic Church, the Vatican is exploring contingency plans ...

Notre Dame’s OCIA program, the largest in University history, is guiding 55 students through the process of initiation into ...

That weekend, 842 catechumens and 165 candidates took another step towards full communion with the Catholic Church. The final ...

On March 8, nearly 3,000 men and women declared their intentions to join the church at the Rite of Election. The ceremony ...

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

Sometimes the period of instruction would last two or three years. Then, these catechumens (converts under instruction before baptism) were often scheduled to be baptized on Easter Sunday. The ...

After Holy Thursday, no Mass will be celebrated again in the Church until the Easter Vigil celebrates and proclaims the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Good news from Gemelli: the Pope's pneumonia is 'under control' although 'not yet eliminated'. Mechanical ventilation at ...