It highlights the urgent need for education about water safety, risk assessment, and emergency preparedness during such events to ensure the well-being of all involved. Moving forward, church leaders ...

Baptism is about what God has done, can do, and will do pro me (“for me”). It’s not about my yes to God, which may be weak or wavering and at any age is sure to lack maturity and knowledge ...

When emergency crews arrived on scene, the 6-year-old was cold to the touch. “(I) ... Muncie babysitter accused of drowning 6-year-old during bathtub baptism. Nakia N. Martin ...

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.

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

All theology is contextual. The oldest law book in Iceland, Grágás, which emerged sometime between the ninth and 13th centuries, preserves an instruction for emergency baptism when traveling with a ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year. The report is based on an ...

She was forced to cancel due to a family emergency, but then told me that she would reschedule her baptism so that I could plan on attending. The problem is, I don’t have any desire to go.

A Massachusetts man allegedly drowned his banker father in a pond during a baptism-style execution three years ago, believing his dad was possessed. Jack Callahan, 22, stood trial last week for ...

A 19-year-old missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died from what is believed to be a “sudden medical emergency,” the Utah-based faith said Sunday.

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Vatican Vatican approves transgender people receiving baptism, becoming godparents Guidance is complicated by clarification that inclusion of people with gender identity disorders must not cause ...