/tags/confirmation confirmation en-US Copyright Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:33:09 GMT /news/2025-06-27/catholic-diocese-of-columbus-lowers-age-for-children-to-get-confirmation-to-4th-grade Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments for Catholics where a baptized person affirms their commitment to God and the Catholic Church. Previously, the sacrament was typically offered to children between the ages of 12 and 16. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:33:09 GMT /news/2025-06-27/catholic-diocese-of-columbus-lowers-age-for-children-to-get-confirmation-to-4th-grade George Shillcock /breaking-news/2017-04-25/senate-confirms-ex-georgia-gov-sonny-perdue-as-agriculture-secretary Sonny Perdue grew up on a farm in central Georgia and has owned several agriculture companies. He is not associated with the food company Perdue or the poultry producer Perdue Farms. Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:16:00 GMT /breaking-news/2017-04-25/senate-confirms-ex-georgia-gov-sonny-perdue-as-agriculture-secretary Doreen McCallister /news-partners/2017-02-06/senate-democrats-rally-overnight-against-trumps-education-pick-ahead-of-vote Right now, Betsy DeVos just barely has enough votes to be confirmed after two Senate Republicans announced last week they won't support her nomination. Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:34:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-02-06/senate-democrats-rally-overnight-against-trumps-education-pick-ahead-of-vote Jessica Taylor /news-partners/2017-01-31/trump-made-his-supreme-court-pick-now-what-5-steps-to-confirmation President Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant ninth seat on Tuesday. There are a series of actions required to make the replacement official; it is expected to take months. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:36:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-01-31/trump-made-his-supreme-court-pick-now-what-5-steps-to-confirmation Ailsa Chang