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. But in September 2019 he ...

Speaking on the impact of same-sex marriage on the Catholic Church in Canada, Cardinal Marc Ouellet reportedly told the Senate hearing committee last Wednesday that in the case of baptism, “according ...

Father Matthew Hood looks back on the sequence of events as surreal, but also divinely orchestrated. The sacramental situation of Father Matthew Hood was remedied quickly, with Father Hood receiving ...

The Diocese of Phoenix is working to communicate with its parishes to alert anyone who may have received an invalid baptism from the Rev. Andres Arango any time before June 17, 2021. The baptisms were ...

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 ...

From the beginning of his priesthood in 1995, the Rev. Andres Arango performed the sacred ritual of baptism. Or so he believed. For a quarter-century, Father Arango baptized thousands of children and ...

Sunday, Jan. 12, is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Mass readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17. Today’s Gospel passage is heavy with ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Across the United States, parishes’ celebrations of sacraments and rites have been greatly impacted by the coronavirus, a survey of bishops found. LOS ANGELES (RNS) — It’s been ...

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 ...

The pandemic prohibited many Roman Catholics from their Sunday Mass practice. For some, that absence prompted a serious reflection on what Mass and their church meant to them. The National Conference ...

In the United States, the national conference of Catholic bishops rejects the concept of gender transition, leaving many transgender Catholics feeling excluded. On Wednesday, the Vatican made public a ...