Thirty-year-old Mahon McCann was baptized during the Easter Vigil Mass in his parish of Rathfarnham in Dublin this year. He ...

Very secular France saw a 46% jump in adult baptisms this past Easter. It’s the largest increase in the 20 years that baptism numbers have been recorded. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler puts the ...

This was the highest since France’s Conference of Bishops began such records 20 years ago. At 7,404, the number of teenagers ...

To join an OCIA program, reach out to a local Catholic parish. If you have Catholic friends, they may be able to help you ...

1247 Since the beginning of the Church, adult Baptism is the common ... communion with the Catholic Church. Justified by faith in Baptism, [they] are incorporated into Christ; they therefore ...

Cleansing of Original Sin The Catholic Church teaches that all humans ... Commitment to Faith For adults, baptism involves a conscious decision to follow Christ and live according to His teachings.

France’s Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult catechumens at Easter this ... simply imagine some procedures for ‘after’ baptism, but our entire parish communities must become ...

Adult baptisms are ordinarily celebrated at Easter because, akin to Christ's resurrection, baptism signifies the beginning of a new life. Catholic baptisms have notably decreased in many Western ...

A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender ... can be baptized like any other adult, “as long as there is no risk of causing ...

Transsexual people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms ... and their role in baptism, which is the initiation into the church for infants, children or adults. The Brazilian bishop ...