A Catholic bishop has warned the faithful against individuals illicitly assuming priestly roles and administering sacraments ...

But surely even traditions with a “low” view of baptism—those that understand it as an ordinance rather than a sacrament—cannot be happy with this sorry state of affairs.

Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee Year 2025 begins in the Diocese of Shanghai with the reception of 54 newly baptized people who received the sacrament of baptism on Sunday 12 January, the Feast ...

Again, holy orders illuminate: the personal qualities of an individual priest are irrelevant to the validity of the sacraments that they celebrate. Here, finally, is confirmation of Luke’s ingenious ...

St. Augustine (354-430) thought that we are “born again by baptism” and “cleansed, justified by the grace of God” and that “Even an infant, therefore, must be imbued with the sacrament ...

By spotlighting the fact that “baptism is the one sacrament that unites all Christians,” said Episcopal Dean Francis B. Sayre of the Washington Cathedral, “Luci innocently made a ...

Dzmitry Padlobka, a priest of the Living Faith Full Gospel Christian Church in Homel, who was detained on Wednesday, stood trial on the following day, on July 28. He reported this himself on his ...

Baptism: A Guide to Life from Death aims to bridge the divisions that exist within Chris­tianity over baptism. Part of Lexham Press’s Christian Essentials series, Peter Leithart’s book focuses on the ...