The Catholic Church is facing a crisis of faith among young people. In recent years, there has been a steady decline in the number of young people who identify as Catholic, and those who do remain often have a weak understanding of
The National Eucharistic Revival announced it will release what it called the "first-of-its-kind" mystagogy series of weekly catechetical reflections throughout the Easter season to "invite all Catholics deeper into the mysteries of Christ by reflecting on the truth, goodness and beauty of
The recently formed Institute on the Catechism will carry out the U.S. bishops' vision of the importance of "connecting evangelization and catechesis," according to Father Daniel J. Mahan, an Indianapolis archdiocesan priest just named as the institute's director.
The institute is housed within
Sharing the faith is the "oxygen" that "invigorates and purifies" Christian life, Pope Francis said.
Beginning a new series of catechesis focused on evangelization and apostolic zeal, the pope said that when Christian life loses its aim of proclaiming the Gospel, it becomes
Pope Benedict XVI was a "great teacher of catechesis" whose "sharp and gentle thinking" led others to encounter Jesus, Pope Francis said.
To begin his Jan. 4 general audience, the pope asked pilgrims to join the tens of thousands of people gathered in
For anyone interested in becoming Catholic, wishing to complete the sacraments or wanting to learn more about what the church teaches, the answer for decades was "join RCIA."
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, the process by which the church brings in
Catechist as witness to new life in Jesus: Reflections from the International Catechetical Congress
In early September, the Vatican hosted more than 1,400 catechists from around the world at the Third International Catechetical Congress. The theme of the gathering, hosted by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization and headed by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, was, “The Catechist: Witness
The first task of a catechist is to love the Lord and to live the faith in a way that makes others want to live it, too, Pope Francis told more than 1,400 people attending the International Congress on Catechesis.
"Catechesis" is not
An important part of the Lent is welcoming those who are in the final phase of their preparation to join or enter full communion with the Catholic Church at Easter.
Catechumens, or the unbaptized, will receive the church's sacraments of initiation -- baptism,
Kathryn Jean Lopez highlights talks Pope Francis has given over the last couple of weeks at his general audiences, as he continues his catechetical series on St. Joseph. The foster-father of Jesus, Lopez writes, is an exceptional model of tenderness: “In the