"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

For 24 years, the Catholic community in the region has made a pilgrimage, gathering around its patriarch, to celebrate the baptism of Jesus on Jan. 12. Speaking from the window of the Vatican’s ...

In the Roman Catholic Church infant baptism is a way in which parents can give thanks to God for the gift of their child. According to Catholic teaching it also brings about important changes in ...

Radical Reformers were also pejoratively called "anabaptists" (rebaptizers) because of their opposition to infant baptism and their ... challenged not only Roman Catholic doctrine and authority ...

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as ...

Parents usually feel joy and anticipation on the day their child is baptized into the Catholic faith. Philip and Jessica Chan ...

The burglary at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church occurred around ... While church staff members were preparing for a baptism Sunday, they found broken glass and soon noticed the ...