At 11a.m. on Sunday June 22, everyone is invited to Morning Worship at, 101 North Fourth St. in Corsicana. The message will ...

Parents and godparents in a parish just south of Manila are required to attend a "seminar" before the infant can be baptized. Priests and catechists at San Isidro Labrador parish in Las Pinas City, ...

This year we had the awe-filled opportunity to journey with eight students as they prepared to receive sacraments of initiation to become Catholic at the Easter Vigil. Four of them were catechumens– ...

During the Mass, priests renew the priestly promises they made at ordination, and Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blesses the oils of the sick and catechumens and consecrates the sacred chrism. The priests ...

First, my students see baptism as purely symbolic. It does not do anything. Nothing “happens.” In terms of God’s action or presence, it is no different from any other spiritual practice.

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 ...

St. Gregory Nazianzen (c. 330-c. 390) refers to “the grace and power of baptism … a purification of the sins of each individual, and a complete cleansing from all the bruises and stains of sin ...

Sacraments: Baptism of Fire. 3 minute read. TIME. July 16, 1965 12:00 AM GMT-4. W hen Luci Baines Johnson celebrated her 18th birthday by entering the Roman Catholic Church a fortnight ago, Father ...