Almost all English dioceses reported a significant increase in both catechumens and candidates at the Rite of Election at the start of Lent this year.

France’s Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult catechumens at Easter this year, marking a 45% increase from ...

Paris: In a dramatic reversal, French Catholic baptisms of adults doubled during the past two years and will hit a projected ...

More than a fifth of UK working-age adults are still not in work or actively looking for work, official figures suggest. The UK economic inactivity rate was 21.5% in the three months to January ...

We don’t take it seriously enough. What is baptism? Is it necessary? Does it do anything? Who can receive it, and when, and how? These are just some of the questions my students carry into the ...