The longer I live my faith, the more I am struck by the beauty and power of baptism as a lifelong mission that calls us into who we are. Baptism is more than an entry point into the Church. It is our ...

The family of Mother Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, an Irish nun who founded upstate New York’s Carmelite Sisters for the Aged ...

A prominent Catholic recently argued in the Irish Times for a new category of victim those subjected to infant baptism ...

The all-school liturgy for Pope John Paul II Regional Elementary School in West Brandywine was celebrated by St. Peter Parish ...

McAleese desribes baptism as a kind of recruitment tool that ignores how children, as they mature, should be able to freely decide their own religious identity, noting that canon law acknowledges no ...

Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a restriction of their human rights by imposing lifelong membership of the Church wi ...

The earliest Christians baptized adults who consciously joined the faith. But within a few centuries, infants were being baptized as a matter of routine. This shift wasn’t sudden—it emerged from fear, ...

VATICAN CITY — Baptizing one’s children is as essential as providing them with food and clothing, Pope Leo XIV told parents. “Just as they received life from you, their parents, now they receive the ...

Catholic congregants throughout Jordan and international visitors joyfully celebrated Epiphany on Jan. 9 at the site of Jesus' baptism. The site is officially recognized by the Catholic Church as the ...

One of the things we know for certain about Jesus is that he was baptized by John. We're sure of it because it embarrassed the early church, making Jesus appear as John's disciple, yet it was too well ...

AMMAN — Catholic churches on Friday are scheduled to mark the 26th annual pilgrimage to the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ (Bethany Beyond the Jordan), also known as Al Maghtas, one of the most ...

Q: Some Evangelical friends were recently quizzing me on the Catholic understanding of baptism. They were especially asking about Jesus’ baptism, and whether this indicates Jesus had some sin or sins ...