Catholic Bishops in Guinea have issued new pastoral guidelines on the administration of infant Baptism and the celebration of ...

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

Practiced by all Churches, baptism is a fundamental rite marking the entry into Christian life. While the majority are still given to young children, Catholics celebrate adult baptisms annually on ...

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 ...

David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." This verse is from the story of Jesus' baptism.

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 ...