It seems that there has been a "renewed search for God in a world where many people are longing for hope, love and peace," ...

Pope Francis on May 11 formally created a new official ministry in the Catholic Church for those who teach the fundamentals of the faith to children and others, opening the position to "men and women ...

Dominicans release catechetical work named Echoing the Mystery, a resource for those wishing to catechize and evangelize. Sister John Dominic Rasmussen, a foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, ...

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 ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the publication of the Motu Proprio "Antiquum ministerium" (= AM) with which Pope Francis establishes the ministry of catechists, Agenzia Fides has ...

Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha recently honored 36 catechists with the Pope Francis Catechist Award. The award, part of the Jubilee Holy Year 2025 celebration, recognizes laypersons who teach and share the ...

Among important 2021 anniversaries, the 400th anniversary of the death of St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), an Italian Jesuit, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of the catechists and ...

(RNS) — The latest motu proprio signals a continued, albeit timid, effort to answer a growing demand for agency from rank-and-file Catholics. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a measure aimed at promoting the ...

Pope Francis watches as a family carries offertory gifts to the altar during a Mass for catechists in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Sept. 29, 2013, file photo. In a document released May ...