(RNS) Leaders of Catholic and Reformed churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other’s sacraments of baptism in a public step toward unity among groups often divided by doctrine. (RNS) ...
A German Catholic diocese has commissioned 17 women to administer baptisms, citing a shortfall in the number of priests. The Diocese of Essen, in Germany’s industrial Ruhr area, is the first diocese ...
Last Sunday (Jan. 12) most Christian churches celebrated the baptism of Jesus, an event in his life I always found confusing. I could never understand why Jesus was baptized. After all, Catholics ...
Rome (CNN) — A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples. The new rules, dated October 31, come from ...
Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a ...
Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from the northern city of Bologna, grew up with the teachings and sacraments of the Catholic Church in parochial school. Even his scouting group ...
Secularism%2C interfaith marriage are driving the trend Millennials %22on fire%22 for faith%2C one hopeful faith leader notes Few marriages officiated by clergy%2C thus paving the road for a more ...
PHOENIX - In a unique situation for people of the Roman Catholic faith, a priest is resigning after the church's Phoenix Diocese determined the words he was using during baptisms are wrong, meaning ...
A part of the Catholic Church in Sicily has issued a three-year ban on naming godparents during baptisms due to exploitation of the tradition by the mafia, among other concerns. “It’s an experiment,” ...
It took months of trekking across Central America to escape economic hardship in Venezuela and get to Miami for Karen Ugas, her husband and her five kids. They needed everything — food, clothes, a ...
A church and hospital race to grant COVID patient's dying wish: Baptism and 'eternity' with his wife
Loretta Runk often visits her late husband, David, in the cemetery where he rests about 3 miles from her home in New Ulum. Only a year has passed since David, 67, insisted on selecting a plot near ...
(RNS) — Though data is sparse, the church and Italian atheists agree that the 2-decade-old process is becoming more common. (RNS) — Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from the ...
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