Archbishop Pérez welcomed catechumens and candidates as they prepare to enter full communion with the Catholic Church.

On Ash Wednesday, three religious crossed into the ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, the first time in months that Catholic leaders had been allowed inside to administer sacraments to ...

On the afternoon of the First Sunday of Lent, nearly 700 men and women from across the Diocese of Toledo gathered at Our Lady, Queen of the Most ...

On Feb. 22, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion, the Lenten liturgy marking the final stage of preparation for those who will ...

Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese has reported a record number of converts to the faith at its latest “rite of election” ceremony. A total of 129 “catechumens” and “candidates”, as they are formally known ...

Dioceses across England have reported the highest numbers of adults preparing to be received into the Catholic Church at Easter seen for at least 15 years.

At the Rite of Election ceremony at St George's Cathedral yesterday, Archbishop John Wilson welcomed over 590 adults, including catechumens (those not yet baptised) and candidates (those from other ...

On Saturday 21 February, Archbishop Richard Moth presided at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at Westminster Cathedral, the first such celebration since his installation as ...

Within the six-county Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, 282 men, women and children from 44 parishes are preparing to become members of the Catholic Church at Easter. A total of 143 people will receive ...

A report Friday from the Diocese of Norwich shows a surge in the number of adults joining the Catholic Church in Eastern ...

"Meanwhile, the initiates kept their towels on the whole time and were sworn to secrecy about the true nature of Naked Bible ...

Easter is, of course, the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection. It is also the celebration of our share in that Resurrection through baptism. That is why we renew our baptismal commitment at Mass on ...