(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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

A prominent Catholic recently argued in the Irish Times for a new category of victim those subjected to infant baptism ...

The all-school liturgy for Pope John Paul II Regional Elementary School in West Brandywine was celebrated by St. Peter Parish ...

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 ...

Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a ...

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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 ...

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 a set of ...

(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 ...

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 ...