Next year children in the Archdiocese of Liverpool will be confirmed before they receive First Holy Communion - reversing the traditional order of sacraments.
In its statement, the archdiocese said it was reverting back to the "original order" of sacraments. Children will be confirmed when they are eight, rather than when they are teenagers, and receive Communion shortly after.
In a video, Archbishop Kelly explained that the change would make First Holy Communion, or "participation in the Lord's Supper", the "climax" of the journey into the Catholic Church. He said Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI all recommended the sacraments in that order.
