To address the New Evangelization directives from Blessed John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, new programs geared for adults and young adults are on the scene. The RCIA program ...

Pope Francis has called for a reorientation of the Catholic church's way of educating people in the faith, saying the process of catechesis should steer away from using "simply the scholastic sphere" ...

Pope Francis attends an encounter marking the 25th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church at the Vatican Oct. 11. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen NEW YORK – At the same time the U.S.

Encuentro representatives from the United States meet with German Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van-Elst, delegate for catechesis at the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, at the Vatican Sept ...

Teaching the faith is a work of evangelization meant to lead people to a deeper relationship with Jesus and not just impart information, said the updated "Directory for Catechesis." The directory, ...

The new Directory for Catechesis, presented today at the Vatican, recalls the missionary responsibility of every baptized person and the urgency of finding new languages with which to communicate the ...

According to Archbishop Fisichella, the guiding criterion for the writing of the new edition was deepening the Church’s understanding of the role of catechesis in the area of evangelization.

Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - "A Christian has a big heart, ready to bring the message of salvation to every corner of the world. We ask God to transform our hearts in order to accomplish the mission of ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a Marian image as he arrives for the weekly general audience at the Vatican Jan. 11, 2023. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly ...

Dhaka (Fides) – “The moment has come for making the catechetical teaching ( taken in a wide sense ) a real pastoral priority for the Catholic Church in Bangladesh. The Synod on the Word of God and the ...

Are we confirming them or ordaining them?” an exasperated parent once asked a bishop after a confirmation liturgy as the two stood talking in the parish hall. “What do you mean?” the bishop replied.