"We delayed Oliver's baptism as long as we could thinking things would go back to normal... they didn't," said the Today co-host Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we ...

The early Church Fathers consistently affirmed the Catholic (and scriptural) belief about baptism, viewing it as a sacrament for the remission of sins and the regeneration of the soul. I aim to offer ...

Pope St. John Paul II, in his 2002 Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, proposed adding a fourth quintet of mysteries to be contemplated when praying the Rosary: the Luminous Mysteries. Leaving ...

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A scheduled vote on making baptism by immersion a requirement for church membership did not come to a vote at Henderson Hills Baptist Church Sunday. Instead, the church’s executive pastor, Kim Swyden, ...

Footage of a priest slapping a crying baby during a baptism has made its way around the internet, sparking outrage among social media users Footage of a priest slapping a crying baby during a baptism ...

August has been a roller coaster for Fr. Matthew Hood, who was ordained to the priesthood — some might say for the second time, but in reality, for the first time — Aug. 17, 2020, for the Archdiocese ...

In France, an elderly man is fighting to make a formal break with the Catholic Church. He's taken the church to court over its refusal to let him nullify his baptism, in a case that could have ...