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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

In this guest article, historian Tony McMahon explores the numerous theories that the Holy Grail was brought to Britain, ideas he also investigated with Professor Alice Roberts in the Sky HISTORY ...

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 ...

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

Candidates and catechumens participating in the Rochester Diocese’s adult-initiation process gathered for the 2026 Rite of ...

Pope Leo XIV has pointed to Our Lady of Guadalupe as the model of “perfect inculturation” as Mexico prepares to mark the 500th anniversary of the apparition in 2031 with a jubilee year.

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 ...