Pope Baptises 21 Babies in Sistine Chapel
By Carol Glatz, CNS – When children are baptised, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift...
Baptism
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Baptism of The Lord – Year C Sermon and Christian Act In The Word Theme: Baptism...
What is the Church’s Teaching on Original Sin?
In a discussion, I was told that the Church has revised its position on original sin, so that we are not born with this sin at all. Is that true? Why, then, would baptism, which I was taught frees us from original sin, be necessary for salvation?
Scriptural and Theological Basis Of Infant Baptism
By Ikenna Ekwerike – Even in the 21st Century, the ancient practice of baptising children and infants is far from getting...
Water, Blood and Fire
By Ralph de Hahn – Many great beginnings have insignificant endings; they just fade into the twilight of life. On the...
Changing words in sacraments can make them invalid, dicastery warns
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said it continues to receive reports of...
Faith is a gift to celebrate, pope says as he baptises babies
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – In the Sistine Chapel, where popes are elected, Pope Francis baptised 16 infants, who, he...
Baptism and First Holy Communion at Most Holy Redeemer, Mmakau Village
Sunday Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Mission, Mmakau Village in the Archdiocese of Pretoria, included Baptism and First Holy Communion...
Doctrinal dicastery says transsexuals can be baptised
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, “a transsexual – even...
