A child asks about baptism. For parents, this moment can feel both exhilarating and overwhelming. On one hand, we don't want ...

Why rebaptism? Well, the baptism they had received as infants had sworn them to serve their religious and civil governments. It made them servants of the pope (if they were in Catholic territory ...

Iraq has passed a law that would legalise the marriage of children as young as nine. Three divisive laws have now been passed which give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters ...

Cardinal Parolin was in Jordan as the Pope’s envoy for the consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Jesus ... forget that the Catholic Church can form citizens who, thanks to faith, are ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus ...