To mark Easter weekend, Le Monde traces the history of this symbol-laden ritual.

Karl D. Bar-Lev, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who served for 17 years, also entered the Church at the Easter Vigil. Raised in ...

Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically ...

If we understand what happens to us in baptism, we might be tempted to say ... I have another gift for you – the sacrament of confirmation.” It may sound odd to say, but our God is a God ...

In perfect harmony with this season of new life, Vindel took the next step and received the Sacraments of Initiation during ...

On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults across the region who received their Easter sacraments, the highest total in a ...

In a world where conservative right-wingers are hell-bent on reframing Christianity, acting selflessly with kindness, ...

37 In the Eastern rites the Christian initiation of infants also begins with Baptism followed immediately by Confirmation and the Eucharist, while in the Roman rite it is followed by years of ...

There are many paths to conversion. For most of these converts, it began last September when they filled out paperwork and ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

Easter Sunday in Kuching brought a vibrant atmosphere of faith, family, and renewal to St Joseph’s Cathedral, as Christians gathered to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Easter Mass, ...