I object to the article on the Religion Page of your June 14 issue, titled ”To dunk or not: Wetter is better at some churches.” Baptism is a sacred rite, and baptism by immersion has been practiced ...

Remember the day of your baptism? It's highly unlikely, but your parents and godparents and an assortment of relatives probably do. Perhaps they remember the event itself, or the party, or something ...

To emphasize that the sacrament of baptism formally brings a person into the church of God and not just into a local Christian community, the Vatican has ordered a slight change of wording in the ...

The tragic death of a baby in Romania who drowned in the baptismal font has prompted thousands of people to call on the Church to change the ritual – and stop submerging new-born infants in water. A ...

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. — Matthew 3 ...

As Western Christian churches Sunday celebrated the feast of the Epiphany marking the visitation of the Magi or wise men to the Christ Child in Bethlehem, many Eastern Christian churches celebrated ...

BAPTISM. Our Ear informer attended a baptismal rite in a parish church last week. There were four men who acted as sponsors (baptized baby was a boy). "Nalingaw kaayo ko'g sud-ong sa mga ninong," our ...

(RNS) The new wording, approved on Sunday (July 13), only asks whether parents and godparents will "turn away from sin" and "reject evil." CANTERBURY, England (RNS) While Christians waited to learn ...

“The Sign of the Cross expresses the seal of Christ,” Francis said, quoting the Catechism. “The cross is imprinted in us as an ‘Easter’ mark.” Pope Francis prays, making the Sign of the Cross, at the ...

A devoted dad in his mid-20s was shot and left seriously wounded in the lobby of a Bronx apartment building early yesterday – while delivering the tiny shoes in which his baby son was to be baptized ...