Father Owen Gorman, a parish priest in the Clogher Diocese, said the Church “encourages infant baptism out of love for souls, and so that the babies of Catholic parents would receive the best start in ...
New guidance explains wards should hold this meeting near the beginning of the year for Valiant 7 class, parents and leaders ...
Millions of Ethiopian Christians have been celebrating Timket, or the Orthodox festival of Epiphany.
Like the cross atop the Wonder Wheel every Christmas, the baptismal font in church signifies more than a bath where a ritual ...
Baptism “accompanies us forever,” he said. “In moments of darkness, baptism is light; in life’s conflicts, it is ...
Just as we wouldn't leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and baptism, Pope Leo XIV told ...
Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 children in the Sistine Chapel in Rome on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 11, 2026.
In his homily, the Pope urged parents to see faith as essential for their children’s lives: ‘The children you now hold in ...