Whether carefully reflected upon or chosen at random, picking a confirmation name is a personal and spiritual journey for Catholics, reflecting a connection to the saints or a loved one and a ...

Q: My parents did not give any of us middle names. When I got a little older, I used my confirmation name as a middle name but have since stopped doing that. My current estate plan only lists my first ...

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was officially confirmed as Donald Trump’s new Secretary of Defense on Friday. The vote was exceptionally close and required Vice President JD Vance to break the tie.

Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself. She’s the direct descendant of a canonized saint. “That was the clincher for me: ‘Oh, I think I ...

Bishop Emeritus Patrick J. McGrath of San Jose said it at every confirmation. Diana Macalintal heard it dozens of times—and it never got old. “Somebody in that assembly needed to hear that,” she says.

For little ones whose Confirmation day is on the calendar this year, we’ve rounded up the names of 15 Irish saints to get them inspired when choosing their Confirmation name. Confirmation season is ...